KL stakeholders left disadvantaged

The new planning rules supersede KL’s 54-year-old Planning (Development) Rules which had requirements for public notification. — Filepic

The recent gazettement of the PU (A) 179 Federal Territory (Planning) (Application for Planning Permission) Rules (2025) goes against the guiding principle that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) employed in the Kuala Lumpur Structure Plan 2040 (PSKL).

In DBKL’s own words: “The PSKL was developed through extensive public consultation and stakeholder engagement.”