SFA-MINDEF-NParks-SLA Joint Press Release: Government to Implement Land-Use Change in Lim Chu Kang

The Government will be implementing land-use changes in Lim Chu Kang. These changes arise from ongoing reviews of land use to meet Singapore’s evolving needs. To better optimise land use, the land to the north of Lim Chu Kang that is currently designated for defence will be reallocated for future agricultural developments, while the southern part of Lim Chu Kang will be repurposed for defence uses.

Benefits of Consolidating Land Uses

As a small island nation, Singapore's limited land requires careful planning to meet national needs including housing, national defence, jobs, infrastructure, and food production. Strategic land use changes are necessary to optimise our scarce land resources to meet evolving national needs and ensure Singapore’s continued growth and development.

Growing food locally remains an important pillar of our Singapore Food Story 2, complementing the other pillars of diversifying import, stockpiling, and global partnerships to ensure overall food resilience.

The land-use changes will allow the government to explore how the physical co-location of food and non-food farms to the north of Lim Chu Kang could benefit from shared facilities and integrated infrastructure planning for more efficient operations, better logistics and to lower production costs. In addition, the land-use changes will result in contiguous land that will better serve defence uses.

Supporting Affected Farms

Five farm site lessees will be affected by the land-use changes. The leases of two farms will expire in the mid-2030s. The leases/tenancies of the remaining three farms will expire in December 2026 and March 2027, and agencies have notified them since 2020 that no further lease renewals would be granted. A map of the affected farm plots and an indicative location of proposed agriculture area to the north of Lim Chu Kang is provided in Annex.

Affected farms may continue to remain onsite until the expiry of their tenures, after which the land will be returned for consolidation. There will be no early termination of leases. Farms that wish to continue operations have the option of participating in Singapore Food Agency (SFA)’s annual Singapore Agri-space Sales (SAS) programme or the National Parks Board (NParks)’ land tenders.

The Government is engaging and working closely with affected farms to support a smooth transition and ensure continuity of local agriculture uses.

Issued by Singapore Food Agency, Ministry of Defence, National Parks Board, Singapore Land Authority

25 May 2026

Annex:

Map of the affected farm plots and indicative areas for proposed agriculture areas