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    Singapore: Urban Planning in Singapore

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    The document discusses land use planning and zoning in three countries. In Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority administers land use through a Master Plan that divides the country into zones with permitted land uses outlined in written statements. In the UK, local governments regulate land use through a discretionary plan-led system where development requires permission assessed against development plans. The US established the first zoning regulations in Los Angeles in 1904 and New York City in 1916, with zoning's constitutionality upheld by the Supreme Court in 1926, though Houston remains a large city without zoning.

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    Singapore: Urban Planning in Singapore

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    The document discusses land use planning and zoning in three countries. In Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority administers land use through a Master Plan that divides the country into zones with permitted land uses outlined in written statements. In the UK, local governments regulate land use through a discretionary plan-led system where development requires permission assessed against development plans. The US established the first zoning regulations in Los Angeles in 1904 and New York City in 1916, with zoning's constitutionality upheld by the Supreme Court in 1926, though Houston remains a large city without zoning.

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    The document discusses land use planning and zoning in three countries. In Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority administers land use through a Master Plan that divides the country into zones with permitted land uses outlined in written statements. In the UK, local governments regulate land use through a discretionary plan-led system where development requires permission assessed against development plans. The US established the first zoning regulations in Los Angeles in 1904 and New York City in 1916, with zoning's constitutionality upheld by the Supreme Court in 1926, though Houston remains a large city without zoning.

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    Singapore: Urban Planning in Singapore

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    The document discusses land use planning and zoning in three countries. In Singapore, the Urban Redevelopment Authority administers land use through a Master Plan that divides the country into zones with permitted land uses outlined in written statements. In the UK, local governments regulate land use through a discretionary plan-led system where development requires permission assessed against development plans. The US established the first zoning regulations in Los Angeles in 1904 and New York City in 1916, with zoning's constitutionality upheld by the Supreme Court in 1926, though Houston remains a large city without zoning.

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    Singapore[edit]

    Main article: Urban planning in Singapore


    The framework for governing land uses in Singapore is administered by the Urban Redevelopment
    Authority (URA) through the Master Plan. [44] The Master Plan is a statutory document divided into two
    sections: the plans and the Written Statement. The plans show the land use zoning allowed across
    Singapore, while the Written Statement provides a written explanation of the zones available and
    their allowed uses.

    United Kingdom[edit]
    Main article: Development control in the United Kingdom
    The United Kingdom does not use zoning as a technique for controlling land use. British land use
    control began its modern phase after the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947. Rather than
    dividing municipal maps into land use zones, English planning law places all development under the
    control of local and regional governments, effectively abolishing the ability to develop land by-right.
    However, existing development allows land use by-right as long as the use does not constitute a
    change in the type of land use. A property owner must apply to change land use type of any existing
    building, and such changes must be consistent with the local and regional land use plans.
    Development control or planning control is the element of the United Kingdom's system of town and
    country planning through which local government regulates land use and new building. There are
    421 Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in the United Kingdom. Generally they are the
    local borough or district council or a unitary authority. They each use a discretionary "plan-led
    system" whereby development plans are formed and the public consulted. Subsequent development
    requires planning permission, which will be granted or refused with reference to the development
    plan as a material consideration.[45]
    The plan does not provide specific guidance on what type of buildings will be allowed in a given
    location, rather it provides general principles for development and goals for the management of
    urban change. Because planning committees (made up of directly elected local councillors) or in
    some cases planning officers themselves (via delegated decisions) have discretion on each
    application for development or change of use made, the system is considered a 'discretionary' one.
    Planning applications can differ greatly in scale, from airports and new towns to minor modifications
    to individual houses. In order to prevent local authorities from being overwhelmed by high volumes
    of small-scale applications from individual householders, a separate system of permitted
    development has been introduced. Permitted development rules are largely form-based, but in the
    absence of zoning, are applied at the national level. Examples include allowing a two-storey
    extension up to three metres at the rear of a property, extensions up to 50% of the original width at
    each side, and certain types of outbuildings in the garden, provided that no more than 50% of the
    land area is built over.[46] These are appropriately sized for a typical three bedroom semi-
    detached property, but must be applied across a wide variety of housing types, from small terraces,
    to larger detached properties and manor houses.
    In August 2020, the UK Government published a consultation document called Planning for the
    Future.[47] The proposals hint at a move toward zoning, with areas given a Growth, Renewal or
    Protected designation, with the possibility of "sub-areas within each category", although the
    document doesn't elaborate on what the details of these might be.

    United States[edit]
    Main article: Zoning in the United States
    Zoning scheme of the center of Tallahassee, Florida, United States.

    Under the police power rights, state governments may exercise over private real property. With this
    power, special laws and regulations have long been made restricting the places where particular
    types of business can be carried on. In 1904, Los Angeles established the nation's first land-use
    restrictions for a portion of the city.[48][49] New York City adopted the first zoning regulations to apply
    city-wide in 1916.
    The constitutionality of zoning ordinances was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1926
    case Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co. Among large populated cities in the United
    States, Houston is unique in having no zoning ordinances.[50] Rather, land use is regulated by other
    means.[51]

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