Biodiversity Monitoring, Habitat Connectivity and Public Consultation Concerns in Development of Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way Development Sites
Ministry of National DevelopmentSpeakers
Summary
This question concerns biodiversity monitoring, habitat connectivity, and public consultation methods for development sites at Gillman Barracks and Sunset Way. Miss Rachel Ong asked whether post-development biodiversity findings would be published, how mitigation effectiveness would be measured, and the ecological basis for the 30-metre corridor width. Additionally, Ms Eileen Chong Pei Shan questioned why consultations featured predetermined retention percentages rather than baseline environmental data and how this influenced feedback. In response, Mr Chee Hong Tat stated that these issues were addressed in the Ministry of National Development's consolidated reply on 4 August 2026. That earlier reply detailed assessments, public consultations, and alternative site considerations regarding the Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest developments.
Transcript
56 Miss Rachel Ong asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether findings from post-development biodiversity monitoring under the Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan for Gillman Barracks will be made public; and (b) what indicators will be used to assess mitigation effectiveness.
57 Miss Rachel Ong asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether wider or alternative ecological corridor configurations were modelled beyond the proposed minimum 30-metre width; and (b) what was the ecological basis used to determine that this width is sufficient to maintain habitat connectivity at Gillman Barracks.
58 Ms Eileen Chong Pei Shan asked the Minister for National Development (a) why are the public consultations for the Sunset Way and Gillman Barracks sites based on development proposals with retention percentages already determined, rather than on environmental baseline data prior to a development scheme as was done for Dover Forest in December 2020; and (b) how does this affect the scope of the feedback sought.
Mr Chee Hong Tat: These questions were addressed in the Ministry of National Development's reply to the questions asked by Dr Charlene Chen, Mr Christopher de Souza, Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong, Ms Eileen Chong Pei Shan, Ms Elysa Chen, Mr Fadli Fawzi, Ms He Ting Ru, Ms Joan Pereira, Mr Kenneth Tiong Boon Kiat, Ms Nadia Ahmad Samdin, Miss Rachel Ong, Ms Valerie Lee and Mr Low Wu Yang Andre on 4 August 2026. [Please refer to "Assessments, Consultations and Consideration of Alternative Sites for Housing before Decisions on Clearance of Gillman Barracks and Maju Forest", Official Report, 4 August 2026, Vol 96, Issue 33, Oral Answers to Questions section.]