industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Rarely, once the trade involves real cutting, sanding, or spray-finishing equipment. Business 1 is reserved for clean and light activity that NEA can clear with only a 50-metre …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Yes, but most vehicle workshops belong in Business 2, not Business 1. URA’s Business 1 class is reserved for clean and light activity with minimal noise, odour, or emissions, and a …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Yes. Unlike a gym or a showroom, a central kitchen is food production, so it sits inside URA’s industrial use classes rather than outside them. The real question isn’t whether a …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Yes, but only within a narrow definition. URA allows “showroom” as an ancillary use inside Business 1 and Business 2 developments, counted toward the 40% ancillary quantum, on the …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Yes, in most cases, and for a better reason than “nobody’s complained yet.” URA’s Allowable Uses guidelines for Business 1 and Business 2 developments name “Core Media” as a …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
No, not as a standalone business, in most cases. URA classifies “Gym/Fitness Centre” as its own planning use class, separate from the Business 1 and Business 2 classes that cover …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Yes, in most cases. URA names distribution and warehousing as a predominant industrial use for B1 developments, alongside manufacturing and assembly, so a warehouse is not …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
An online retailer outgrows a spare room and a self-storage locker, then starts pricing industrial units purely for the storage and packing space, at a fraction of what …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
A startup outgrows a co-working desk and finds a B1 unit at half the psf of a Grade A office. The plan: fit it out as an open-plan office, skip the workshop entirely. Under URA’s …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
Two buyers look at industrial property in the same estate. One is weighing a whole detached factory building, sole owner, sole decision-maker. The other is weighing a strata unit …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
A plot in an industrial estate slated for redevelopment gets rezoned from B2 to a mixed-use or residential designation in a Master Plan review. The factory sitting on it keeps …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-11
A trading company leases a B2 unit, puts pallet racking along one wall, and runs the rest as staff offices and a client meeting area. On paper it looks like a warehouse with an …
