Petition updatesave Gillman Barracks/Forest - build homes in GSW insteadRegistration for public engagement is closed. Capacity limit of 350 reached.
P TanSingapore
Jul 24, 2026

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👉  Send in your opinion via the Gillman public feedback link before 6 August 2026.

This really isn't an ordinary land parcel. The high ecological and heritage values warrant a nationwide discourse. 

In my opinion, it would also be remiss to exclude  MSE (Ministry of  Sustainability and Environment) and I have written to MP Rachel Ong  about this. Gillman is part of the Southern Ridges; and new housing is planned up to the edge of an existing nature reserve.  See image above. Gillman used to be a 'Reserve Site' before it was rezoned for 'Residential' use in the URA Masterplan 2025. 

There are multiple forests marked for development, all happening now: Sembawang, Maju, Gillman Forests, Serangoon River Forest, and another Tengah site. Currently all engagements are led by HDB URA whose mandates are housing and urban redevelopment. NParks manages biodiversity flora/fauna conservation BUT not sustainability or climate change resilience such as urban heating, stormwater absorption, air quality etc. Such parameters were excluded from the EIA environmental study.

There is a critical agency stakeholder missing in the upcoming engagement, one that oversees environmental impacts beyond flora/fauna conservation such as liveability, sustainability, climate change resilience.

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