DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMISSION 
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 356.19
DEVELOPMENT CONTROL COMMISSION
(TYPES OF APPLICATIONS) REGULATIONS
18th April, 2002
LEGAL NOTICE 86 of 2002.
Title .
Commission (Types of Applications) Regulations.
Types of 
applications dealt 
with by the 
Divisions of the 
Development 
Control 
Commission.
2. (1) Divisions A, B and C of the Development Control
Commission shall deal with different types of development
permission dealt with by the applications as specified in
subregulations (2) to (4).
(2) Division A of the Development Control Commission shall
deal with the following types of development permission
applications:
( a ) hotels, including extensions and additions;
( b ) sports and entertainment projects with a seating
capacity for more than 200 persons;
( c ) commercial projects with minimum site area of 750m 2
and with a total floorspace area of not less than
3,000m 2  ;
( d ) any industrial use or warehousing with a minimum site
area of 1,000m 2  and with a total minimum floorspace
area of not less than 4,000m 2  ;
( e ) hospitals;
( f ) schools, including extensions and additions to such
schools;
( g ) waste disposal, sewage treatment and recycling plants;
( h ) residential projects which form part of one complex
having not less than 30 residential units and social or
public housing projects;
( i ) projects which fall within a development brief area or
within an area identified by a local plan for the
preparation of a development brief;
( j ) aviation and maritime projects;
( k ) harbour works;
( l ) infrastructure and utilities projects;
( m ) public transport facilities and traffic management
schemes;
( n ) public health projects;
( o ) embellishment of public areas;
( p ) community centres;
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( q ) public education facilities;
( r ) old people’s homes and caring institutions;
( s ) places of public worship;
( t ) large scale distribution centres;
( u ) public museums;
( v ) telecommunication facilities;
( w ) development proposed to be located outside
development zones;
( x ) development proposed to be located in a "white area",
which although being located within the development
zone, has no specific designation for development;
( y ) development proposed to be located in an area
regulated by villa zoning and conditions; and
( z ) development proposed to be located in an area
regulated by bungalow zoning and conditions.
(3) Except for development proposed within an urban
conservation area boundary or village core boundary, or listed in
any of the developments described in subregulation (2), Division B
of the Development Control Commission shall deal with the
following types of development permission applications:
( a ) development located within an existing built up area or
affecting an existing building located within a
development zone boundary;
( b ) development proposed to be located within terraced
house zoning; and
( c ) development in home ownership schemes.
(4) Except for developments listed in subregu1ation (2),
Division C of the Development Control Commission shall deal with
the following types of development permission applications:
( a ) development proposed within an urban conservation
area boundary, or village core boundary; and
( b ) other development permission applications which are
not covered by any of the developments listed in
subregulations (2) and (3).
