industrialUpdated 2026-10-21
It depends on what the lab is actually doing, not on the word “laboratory” itself. A quality-control lab bolted onto a factory floor sits inside the same B1 or B2 approval as the …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-21
Sometimes, yes, but only on specific sites, and the restriction is unusually tight compared to most other industrial uses. JTC’s own guidance for self-storage providers states …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-21
No, not as a standalone business open to paying trainees. URA’s Planning (Use Classes) Rules define “commercial school” as premises used for teaching, training, or imparting …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-21
Yes, and unlike most trades that need a case-by-case fit assessment, URA names printing and publishing directly as an allowable use in Business 1 zones.[1] That’s the easy part. …
industrialUpdated 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 2026-10-21
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 …
