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Corporate Home > Land Lease Policies & Procedures > Guidelines for Workers' Dormitories

Before submission of an application to URA for the proposed new workers' dormitory or renewal of temporary permission for any existing dormitory, ancillary or secondary, HDB's lessees are required to obtain prior clearance from HDB.

An Ancillary Workers' Dormitory is where the lessee's own on-site workers are housed. A Secondary Workers' Dormitory houses off-site workers. It may also house on-site workers. Housing off-site workers is considered as a Subletting which attracts a Sublet Consent Fee payable by the lessee.

All building plans for the applications of Ancillary and Secondary Workers' Dormitories are subject also to approvals from SCDF and BCA.

 

URA Guidelines:

Main Conditions*
Ancillary Workers' Dorm(New)#
Secondary Workers' Dorm(New)#
Quantum Control
40% (previous 49% is allowed on case-by-case)
40%
Type of Permission
Temporary (3 years)
Temporary (3 years)
Temporary Development Levy Payable to URA
Not Payable
Payable (Borne by Lessee)
No. of Workers (max) per factory
500
500

* For more details, please see URA's circular dated 6 Nov 06 http://www.ura.gov.sg/.
# Lessees may apply for either one only.

 

HDB Properties Allowed As Dormitories:

Property Type#
Ancillary Workers' Dorm
Secondary Workers' Dorm
Land Leases
Allowed*
Allowed*
Terrace Workshops, Industrial Shops, Flatted Factories, Ramp-Up Factories, Warehouse
Not Allowed
Not Allowed
Tenanted Semi-Detached/Detached Factories
Allowed*
Allowed*

# Installing Containers to house workers would not be permitted.
* Evaluated on case by case, subject to conditions.

 

Evaluation Criteria:
Subject to URA's Guidelines, criteria like the proximity to residential areas and potential amenity problems shall also be taken into account in HDB's evaluation.



Last updated on 15/01/2008
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