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Approved Use of Premises

Guidelines for Different Uses

You can find guidelines for business uses (e.g. hostel, restaurant, shop, office, home office, commercial school, health centre, child care centre etc.) and locations where proposed businesses may be allowed.

Pub & Nightclub
Food & Beverage
Sports and Recreation Building & Entertainment
Community / Religious Use
Retail Shop
Medical Clinic
Massage Establishment/ SPA
Commercial School
  • Small Businesses in Residential Homes
  • Home Office
  • Sex Shop
  • Showroom
  • Motor Vehicle Showroom
  • E Business & Media Uses
  • Industrial Canteen
  • Religious Use
  • Limited & Non-Exclusive Religious Use in Commercial Buildings
  • Limited & Non-Exclusive Religious Use in Industrial Buildings

Permissible Uses by Property Type

Check what business uses can or cannot be allowed for your property type. Includes shophouses, HDB shops, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, landed housing and non-landed housing.

Use Classes

A Use Class is a broad group of building uses with similar mode of operations or impact to the surrounding. There are 18 Use Classes

Unclassified Uses

Any uses that do not fall under these are Unclassified Uses, which requires planning permission. Common unclassified uses include:

Revisions to Planning (Use Classes) Rules

A Use Class is a broad group of building uses with similar mode of operations or impact to the surrounding. There are 18 Use Classes