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Rooftop farms now allowed under landscape replacement policy: URA

Vertical greenery and inaccessible green roofs can also be counted towards fulfilling the requirements, up to a cap of 10% of site area

Published Thu, Nov 9, 2017 · 09:50 PM

URA

Singapore

MORE urban rooftop farms may soon crop up after the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) expanded its landscape replacement policy to allow rooftop urban farms and vertical greens to be used to replace the greenery lost due to development.

URA on Thursday said the Landscaping for Urban Spaces and High-Rises (Lush) programme will now be expanded such that up to 10 per cent of the hardscape area can be provided in the form of urban rooftop farms.

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