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    This document provides guidelines on what building elements and spaces are counted towards gross floor area (GFA) under Singapore's building regulations. Items like enclosed spaces, floors, staircases, and most building projections are counted in GFA, while areas like car parks, plant rooms, uncovered terraces, and solar panels are not. Certain features like planter boxes and entrance canopies are excluded from GFA if they meet specific size or location criteria. Loading bays are only excluded if they are on the same level as the driveway.

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    This document provides guidelines on what building elements and spaces are counted towards gross floor area (GFA) under Singapore's building regulations. Items like enclosed spaces, floors, staircases, and most building projections are counted in GFA, while areas like car parks, plant rooms, uncovered terraces, and solar panels are not. Certain features like planter boxes and entrance canopies are excluded from GFA if they meet specific size or location criteria. Loading bays are only excluded if they are on the same level as the driveway.

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    This document provides guidelines on what building elements and spaces are counted towards gross floor area (GFA) under Singapore's building regulations. Items like enclosed spaces, floors, staircases, and most building projections are counted in GFA, while areas like car parks, plant rooms, uncovered terraces, and solar panels are not. Certain features like planter boxes and entrance canopies are excluded from GFA if they meet specific size or location criteria. Loading bays are only excluded if they are on the same level as the driveway.

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    Countedinto GFA

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    This document provides guidelines on what building elements and spaces are counted towards gross floor area (GFA) under Singapore's building regulations. Items like enclosed spaces, floors, staircases, and most building projections are counted in GFA, while areas like car parks, plant rooms, uncovered terraces, and solar panels are not. Certain features like planter boxes and entrance canopies are excluded from GFA if they meet specific size or location criteria. Loading bays are only excluded if they are on the same level as the driveway.

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    What Is Counted into GFA

    Item Counted into GFA Remarks:


    Automated Teller Machine and Vending 
    Machine Kiosks
    Standalone ATMs and vending machine 
    Balconies 

    Basement diaphragm walls located
    along the periphery of the basement
    structure
    Bay windows, except those approved 
    before 1st January 2009
    Bicycle parking spaces provided in 
    accordance with LTA’s prevailing parking
    provision standards
    End of Trip Facilities 
    Cables chambers integrated with main  (if does not
    building exceed 2.5m in
    height)
    Standalone Cable chambers 
    Carparks, Motorcycle Parks and related 
    facilities
    (Vehicle parking related areas on car
    park floors are excluded from GFA. This
    includes car parking lots, driveways,
    residual areas and corridors leading to a
    car park lift lobby.)
    Car Porch and Garages in Landed 
    Housing Area
    Driveways 
    Lift lobbies in car park floors 
    Mechanised Car Parking System  Car parking lots that form part of a
    mechanised car parking system
    adjacent to residential units are
    excluded from GFA if they meet
    the following requirements:

    There are no fixed concrete or


    metal floor slabs or platforms
    where the cars are parked;

    The car parking spaces are


    accessed through common areas
    (e.g. staircase landing) as private
    car parking lots accessible via
    private strata area are included as
    GFA;

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    The car parking spaces are
    common property managed by the
    MCST and are not be strata-
    subdivided; and
    The car parking spaces are used
    solely for car parking purposes and
    are annotated on plans as such.
    Motorcycle Parking Lots 
    Non-Car Parking areas within a Car Park  Non-car parking areas and all
    Floor enclosed areas on car park floors,
    except M&E rooms within
    basement car park floors, are
    included as GFA.

    Examples of such areas include


    staircases, storage rooms, toilets
    and corridors leading to non-car
    parking uses (e.g. shops on the car
    park floor).
    Pickup and Drop off Point 
    Residual areas on carpark floor 
    Catwalks  Not exceeding 1m in width
    Communal Roof Terrace  Covered or enclosed features
    within these communal roof
    terraces are included as GFA.
    Covered Communal Ground Gardens 
    Covered Enclosed Space 
    Covered Greenhouse/Farm Spaces  Netting over plants will not
    constitute covered areas, and will
    not be computed as GFA.
    Covered Walkway and Linkages 
    Covered Water Features 
    Curtain Wall and Wall Cladding Systems 
    Entrance Canopy  For every development, only one
    entrance canopy is excluded from
    GFA.
    Floors 
    Guardhouse and Sentry Post 
    Household Shelters 
    Indoor Recreation Spaces 
    Air-conditioner (A/C) ledges not 
    exceeding 1.0m in width
    For AC ledges exceeding 1.0m in width, 
    the entire ledge is included as GFA.
    Firemen’s Ledge  Firemen’s ledges are excluded
    from GFA if they comply with the
    following requirements:

    Does not exceed 1.0m in width for


    non-residential developments and
    1.4m in width for residential

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    developments;

    No railing or parapet wall; and

    Located at the external façade.


    Letter Box within enclosed spaces  Letter boxes located within car
    park are excluded from GFA except
    when they form an enclosed area.
    The enclosed area, including the
    letter boxes will be included as
    GFA.
    Lift Motor room  Lift motor rooms with headroom
    exceeding 1.8m are included as
    GFA.
    Lift Shaft 
    Loading and Unloading Bay not on  Loading and unloading bays on the
    same level as the driveway same level as a driveway are
    excluded from GFA.
    Raised loading and unloading platforms,  Raised loading and unloading
    which are on the same level as a platforms, which are not on the
    driveway same level as a driveway, are
    included as GFA.
    M and E Spaces 
    Metal Ceiling Grids within Indoor 
    Performance Venue
    Meter Compartments  Meter compartments incorporated
    inside gateposts are excluded from
    GFA.

    Open Courtyards and Airwells 


    Outdoor Refreshment Areas  Included as bonus GFA
    Outdoor Refreshment Kiosks 
    Communal Pavilions  Subject to conditions
    Private Planter Boxes 
    Communal Planter Boxes  Communal planter boxes are
    excluded from GFA if they comply
    with the following requirements:

    Maximum width of 1.0m;

    Minimum depth of 500mm (for


    planting purposes);

    To be sufficiently externalised;
    Private Enclosed Spaces  Included as bonus GFA
    Private Roof Terrace 
    Privately Owned Public Spaces 
    Standalone Racking Systems for Storage 
    Purposes
    Reinforced Racking Systems for Storage 
    Purposes

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    Recessed Windows 
    Refuse Chambers and Refuse Chutes 
    Reinforced Concrete (RC) Slabs within 
    Voids
    Roof Eaves at 6th storey and above 
    Building Projections below the 6th 
    storey
    Building Projections at or above 6th 
    storey
    Elevated Linkways 
    Service Ducts  Non- load bearing fire-stop
    material to compartmentalise the
    service ducts are excluded from
    GFA.
    Sky Terrace 
    Solar Panel  Area shadowed by solar panel is
    excluded from GFA unless the
    shadowed area is enclosed, used
    for commercial uses (e.g. outdoor
    refreshment area) or storage
    purpose.
    Staircases 
    Intermediate Staircases 
    Scissors Staircases 
    Staircases connecting virtual floors 
    Uncovered external perforated 
    staircases
    Uncovered Staircase to ESS 
    Covered Swimming Pool 
    Void Decks 
    Wall and Columns 
    Rooms that house water tanks  Water tanks, including sprinkler
    tanks, balancing tanks and storm
    water detention tanks, are
    excluded from GFA.

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