Penang State Planning Committee Legalises Factory Operations In Residential Zone
Landed houses and shop-houses in residential zones are supposed to be safeguarded from encroachment by industrial activities of any kind by Sec. 27(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (the Act). However, the sanctity of residential zones in Penang is now at the mercy of the whims and fancies of the Development Planning Department (DPD) of the Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) and the...
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