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OUR PERFORMANCE
District Planning
At the district level, the Department has undertaken district planning work,
including the execution of various statutory town planning functions, to
provide a rational pattern of land use to promote and guide development in
different parts of the territory.
The Department has also served as an executive arm of the Town Planning
Board (TPB) in preparing statutory plans, processing representations and
comments on draft statutory plans and processing planning applications
for development activities. In 2020, the Department processed 32 statutory
plans that were submitted to the TPB or gazetted, including 12 outline zoning
plans involving zoning/rezoning land for residential and other uses. The
Department also processed 2 092 representations and comments in 2020. In
2020, the Department processed 1 021 applications for planning permission,
69 applications for amendments to statutory plans, 1 498 applications for
amendment to approved schemes, 7 287 development proposals and 1 919
lease conditions/modifications and short term tenancies/waivers. All these
proposals when completed would contribute to the economic development of
the territory.
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