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• BP 220 is different from PD 957, PD 1216, PD 1096, and PD 1185
• Simple outline of BP 220

  • Subdivision design
  • Building design
  • Single family dwellings
  • Multi-family dwellings
• Basic needs of human settlements

  • Water
  • Movement and circulation
  • Storm drainage
  • Solid and liquid waste disposal
  • Parks and playgrounds
  • Power
• Socialized housing


  Housing projects undertaken by the government for the underprivileged and homeless citizens
• Economic housing


  Housing projects provided to average income families
• Block


  A parcel of land bounded on the sides by streets, occupied by or intended for buildings
• Shell house


  A habitable dwelling unit which includes all exterior walls, floor, openings for doors and windows, plumbing fixtures, and electrical wiring
• Complete house


  Shell house + all windows and doors, and partition walls
• There is no fixed ratio between saleable and non-saleable lots
• Basketball courts are allowed in parks and playgrounds
• Minimum area required for parks and playgrounds increases as density (lots/hectare) increases
• A multipurpose center is required for projects 1 hectare or bigger, whether socialized or economic
• Minimum sizes of roads

  • Interconnecting road (10.00m)
  • Major road (8.00m)
  • Collector road (8.00m)
  • Minor road (6.50m)
  • Motor court (6.00m)
  • Path walk (3.00m)
  • Alley (2.00m)
• Alley


  Breaks a block and must not be used as access to a property
• Pathwalk


  Provides pedestrian access to a property and may be used as property access for socialized housing only (maximum length = 60 meters)
• Minimum lot areas


  • Socialized single detached (64 sqm)
  • Economic single detached (72 sqm)
  • Socialized duplex (48 sqm)
  • Economic duplex (54 sqm)
  • Socialized rowhouse (28 sqm)
  • Economic rowhouse (36 sqm)
• Minimum lot frontages


  • Socialized single detached corner lot (8.00m)
  • Economic single detached corner lot (8.00m)
  • Socialized single detached regular lot (8.00m)
  • Economic single detached regular lot (8.00m)
  • Socialized single detached irregular lot (4.00m)
  • Economic single detached irregular lot (4.00m)
  • Socialized single detached interior lot (3.00m)
  • Economic single detached interior lot (3.00m)
  • Socialized duplex (6.00m)
  • Economic duplex (6.00m)
  • Socialized rowhouse (3.50m)
  • Economic rowhouse (4.00m)
• Minimum floor areas are 18 sqm for socialized housing and 22 sqm for economic housing
• Minimum level of completion is a shell house with doors and windows for socialized housing, and a complete house based on submitted specifications for economic housing
• Pathwalks may only be used as access to property for socialized housing
• Minimum ceiling height is 2.00m, and 1.80m for mezzanine
• Less than 10 occupants require 1 exit, 10 or more occupants require 2 exits
• Door heights are 1.80m for bathroom and mezzanine, and 2.00m for all other doors
• Door widths are 800mm for main door, 700mm for bedroom or service door, and 600mm for bathroom
• Window area is 10% of floor area for regular rooms and 5% for bathrooms
• Stairway riser is max 250mm, tread is min 200mm, width is min 600mm, headroom is min 2.0m, and landing-to-landing is 3.6m
• Handrails are required 800-1200mm from floor, but not for stairs with less than 4 steps
• Winding/circular stairs may be used if the required tread dimension is provided at a point not more than 300mm from the narrow end, with a minimum tread of 150mm at any point
• Ladders are allowed but require a landing every 1.8m of rise
• Firewalls are required whenever a dwelling abuts on a property line, at least 150mm or 6 inches thick with 300mm extensions above roof and building edges, and ceilings should be compartmentalized
• The property must abut a public street, pathwalks are not allowed as property access for multi-family dwellings
• Distances between buildings


  • 1-2 storey: 4.00m between buildings, 1.50m between eaves
  • 3-4 storey: 6.00m between buildings, 2.00m between eaves
  • Taller than 4 storey: 10.00m between buildings, 6.00m between eaves
  • Blank walls: 2.00m between buildings, 1.00m between eaves
• Provide 1 parking slot for every 8 units in multi-family dwellings and condominiums
• Off-site parking is allowed as long as it is not more than 100m away
• Fire suppression systems are required for structures more than 15 meters in height
• Elevators are required for buildings 6 storeys or higher