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A Development Guide Plan (Abbreviation

Abbreviation

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: DGP; ) is a detailed urban land use plan

Urban planning

Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....

for each of the 55 areas in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority

Urban Redevelopment Authority

The Urban Redevelopment Authority is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government.-Mission:The authority was established on 1 April 1974, and is of especially critical importance to the city-state,...

(URA), Singapore's national planning and conservation

Architectural conservation

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authority.

History

In 1991, URA released the revised Concept Plan, which maps out the vision for Singapore's long term physical development for a population

Population

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of 4 million. With the completion of the Concept Plan, URA proceeded to prepare detailed plans called DGPs for gazetting

Gazette

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as the new Master Plan.

For the purpose of preparing the detailed plans, Singapore was divided into 55 planning areas. For each of these areas, a DGP was prepared where the broad vision of the Concept Plan was detailed into specific proposals.

Each DGP covers a planning area with a population of around 150,000 served by a town centre

Town centre

The town centre is the term used to refer to the commercial or geographical centre or core area of a town.Town centres are traditionally associated with shopping or retail. They are also the centre of communications with major public transport hubs such as train or bus stations...

. The planning areas are further divided into sub-zones, each served by a commercial

Commerce

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centre. The size of each planning area and its sub-zone varies depending on the land use

Land use

Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. It has also been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover...

s, proximity to the Central Area

Central Area

In Singapore, the Central Area or Central Business District contains the core financial and commercial districts, including eleven urban planning areas, namely Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, Museum, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, Singapore River and Straits View as...

, and existing physical separators such as expressways

Controlled-access highway

A controlled-access highway is a highway designed exclusively for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated...

, river

River

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s, major open spaces

Urban open space

In land use planning, urban open space is open space areas for “parks”, “green spaces”, and other open areas. The landscape of urban open spaces can range from playing fields to highly maintained environments to relatively natural landscapes. They are commonly open to public access, however, urban...

and other demarcators.

All the 55 DGPs were completed in December 1998 and were gazetted as the new statutory

Statute

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Master Plan, known as Master Plan 1998. The Master Plan provides a clear guide to landowners on what their land can be used for, and is reviewed every five years.

The term "Development Guide Plan (DGP)" is no longer in use after 1998.

History

See also