Development Potentional

Question 1

Site coverage

Answer 1

Roofed over area/ site area

Considered as the shadow cast on a site with the sunndirectly overhead

Question 2

Plot ratio

Answer 2

Ground floor area/ site area

Question 3

What happens if the abutting street is not 4.5 m wide

Answer 3

Height, site coverage and plot ratio determined by BA

Question 4

What is included Site area

Answer 4

Land beign surrendered for street widening, land dedicated to public for passage purposes

Question 5

What is excluded in Site Area

Answer 5

Area of existing street and service lanes adquired by the government. New street in large site(>3500m2). Service lanes required by government.

Question 6

Street

Answer 6

Includes any footpath and private and public street. Not less than 4.5 metres wide.

Question 7

Class A

Answer 7

Abuts on one street or more not less than 4.5 m wide. Frontage abuts on one street only or a corner site with less than 40% of the site boundary.

Question 8

Class B

Answer 8

Corner site abuts on 2 streets not less than 4.5 m. At least 40% site boundary abuts.

Question 9

Class C

Answer 9

Corner site abuts on 3 streets not less than 4.5 m wide. At least 60% abuts.

Question 10

Criteria for classification

Answer 10

Must be a street which falls within the definitions of street under BO.
The whole of such street must not be less than 4.5 m wide.
The site must abut on such street

Question 11

What is the SC for non-domestic buildings up to 15 m above the ground level

Answer 11

100%

Question 12

Gross floor area

Answer 12

Area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level including balcony amd thinckness of external walls. It cannot exceed the first schedule.

Question 13

Plot ratio for composite buildings

Answer 13

The plot ratio of the remaing domestic part is (PRnd-GFAnd/SA)x(PRd/PRnd)