Chapter No

Chapter Title

Updates

3

Greenery Provision Within Premises

· Removal of multi-storey carpark from green buffer requirements for development boundaries fronting roads

· Clarification on the length of encroachment for allowable structure(s) within planting areas

· Removal of grass paver requirement for open air parking areas at street level

· Update to planting scheme submission under NParks’ streamlined application process

4

Greenery Provision for Roadside

· Replacement of the term “fire engine hardstanding areas” with “fire engine accessways”

· Update to the specifications for Approved Soil Mixture (ASM)

· Update to the Pedestrian Overhead Bridge trough soil specifications

5

Planting Specifications of Trees/ Palms/ Shrubs/ Hedges/ Turf

· Inclusion of establishment period for newly planted trees/palms

· Update to staking requirement

· Indication of turf species required for reinstatement

6

Open Space for Landed Housing Development

· Removal of NParks hotline from examples of NParks signs

8

Submission Procedure

· Rearrangement of submission procedure stages

· New section on Building Works Not Requiring NParks’ Approval at the Development Control and Certificate of Statutory Completion stages 

· Removal of grass pavers requirements for open air parking areas at street level

· New section on NParks’ streamlined application process

· Inclusion of developments affecting shrubs and ornamental plants under development projects requiring DC Approval

9

Self-Declaration

· Removal of grass paver requirement for open air parking areas at street level