7-464: North East CDC South East CDC Ang Mo Kio GRC Marine Parade GRC Serangoon ( / s ə ˈ r æ ŋ ɡ uː n / sə- RANG -goon ) is a planning area and residential town located in the North-East Region of Singapore . Serangoon is bordered by these planning areas – Sengkang to the north, Hougang to the east, Ang Mo Kio and Bishan to the west, as well as Toa Payoh to
14-672: The 1991 Concept Plan. Since implementing these boundaries, other government ministries and departments have increasingly adopted them for administrative purposes. For example, the Statistics Department of Singapore published its 2000 census data based on planning area boundaries for the first time, compared to using census divisions based on electoral boundaries for previous exercises. The Singapore Police Force 's (SPF) neighbourhood police centres have jurisdiction boundaries based on planning area boundaries when they were officially gazetted in 1999, as opposed to electoral divisions under
21-760: The Aljunied GRC Paya Lebar division. Prior to 2006, the Serangoon division belonged to the Marine Parade GRC , which administers Serangoon Neighbourhoods 2, 3 and 4 in the Braddell Heights division till this day. Neighbourhood 5 in Serangoon North falls under the Ang Mo Kio GRC (Jalan Kayu division). Planning Areas of Singapore Planning areas , also known as DGP areas or DGP zones , are
28-590: The Serangoon area includes: There are plans to build 2 more stations under the Cross Island Line, namely the below stations. These stations will be completed by 2030. Upper Serangoon Road is an important road being one of the oldest and busiest roads, links the North-East region with Central area Other important main roads include Yio Chu Kang Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Bartley Road, Braddell Road, and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 and 3. The CTE (Central Expressway) at
35-479: The main urban planning and census divisions of Singapore delineated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority . There are 55 of these areas, organised into five regions . A Development Guide Plan is then drawn up for each planning area, providing detailed planning guidelines for every plot of land throughout the country. The planning areas were first introduced in the early 1990s after the release of
42-612: The south. Serangoon planning area has a total of seven subzones: Serangoon Central, Lorong Chuan, Upper Paya Lebar, Serangoon Garden , Serangoon North , Seletar Hills and Serangoon North Industrial Estate. The original Serangoon bus interchange was opened on 13 March 1988 along Serangoon Central. It later relocated to nex on 3 September 2011. A large part of the North East MRT line runs in parallel with this arterial road. Stations that are located along this road are from Little India to Kovan . Current MRT Stations that are located in
49-543: The west of the town provides a link to Seletar Airport , Toa Payoh and CBD (Central Business District). As of 2017, this area has a total of 5 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and Nanyang Junior College . Serangoon Neighbourhood 1, some parts of Neighbourhood 2 and Serangoon Garden fall under the Aljunied GRC (Serangoon division), served by the Workers' Party , while the area surrounding Upper Paya Lebar Road lies within
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