Built Environment Transformation Gross Floor Area Incentive Scheme

Who qualifies

• Private sites must have at least 5,000 sqm GFA; eligible developments include residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, mixed-use and other developments assessed on merit.
• The scheme can provide up to 3% additional GFA beyond the Master Plan GPR for private sites; Government Land Sales sites are eligible for up to 2%, applicable to new GLS launched prior to 31 March 2022.
• Developments that have obtained planning approval but have not commenced superstructure works may be eligible on a case-by-case basis.
• Proposals submitted under the Strategic Development Incentive or Central Business District Incentive schemes do not qualify for the additional GFA under this scheme.
• Not applicable to public sector developments.
• Total bonus GFA from this scheme plus any other bonus GFA schemes is capped at 10% above the Master Plan GPR for the same development.

What it funds

• Adopting digital tools, software, e-commerce, cybersecurity
• Automation, robotics, equipment upgrades for productivity
• Energy efficiency, decarbonisation, green certification, waste reduction

Costs covered: Third-party consultant or professional service fees; Hardware, machinery, IT equipment; Software licences and SaaS; Explain in notes.

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

Submit the application through FormSG using a corporate entity login, with the listed planning, ownership and ITM outcome documents.

1. Prepare the application documents and ITM Outcome Concept Plan.
2. Submit through FormSG with a corporate entity login.
3. Meet the stipulated digitalisation, productivity and sustainability outcomes and submit progress reports during construction.

Before applying

• Only an officer listed as a director, or an authorised officer, may submit on behalf of the applicant.
• Application should be submitted early, prior to the development application for planning permission (PP Application) to URA.

Documents

• Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) business profile of Applicant (Developer/Building Owner) — Official document name.
• Authorisation Request Template (if applicable) — Required where the officer submitting is not a Registered Officer (a director in the Applicant's ACRA business profile). Agency document ↗
• Copy of Sales Agreement (if applicable) — Required if the development is on a GLS site.
• Copy of Sales Agreement and PP/WP (if applicable) — Required where Planning Permission or Written Permission has been obtained for the development.
• Letter of Offer(s) (if applicable) — Required if the development has benefitted from an incentive scheme previously.
• ITM Outcome Concept Plan — Must outline how the project meets the Digitalisation, Productivity and Sustainability requirements and include site layout plans and other drawings, a Productivity Implementation Plan, an IDD Implementation Strategy and a Green Building Concept Plan. Agency document ↗
• Computation Form for BE Transformation GFA and Security Deposit — Listed in the templates section as "Computation Form for BE Transformation GFA Quantum and Security Deposit". Agency document ↗

Claiming support

Submit half-yearly progress reports to BCA during the construction life cycle, per the ITM Outcome Deliverables and Reporting Requirements document. If accepted, submit the PP Application to URA within 6 months of the Letter of Acceptance (with copies of the Application, Letter of Acceptance and Computation Form), then pay a Security Deposit of 50% of the Equivalent Market Value (EMV) of the bonus GFA, by performance bond or banker's guarantee, within 30 days of BCA's notice. BCA refunds the Security Deposit within 3 months of confirming the ITM Outcome Requirements are fulfilled; if not fulfilled, the developer pays a Termination Sum equal to 100% of the EMV, offset against the Security Deposit.

Half-yearly progress reports during construction; Security Deposit within 30 days of BCA's notice; PP Application to URA within 6 months of the Letter of Acceptance.

Contact: https://www1.bca.gov.sg/contact-us/

Application window: The page states a five-year validity period.

Opens: 2021-11-24

Closes: 2026-11-23