East Region · planning area

Paya Lebar

URA's Paya Lebar planning area is the air base and the land around it, with 20 recorded residents. The MRT station and offices called Paya Lebar are in Geylang.

What the Paya Lebar planning area is

Paya Lebar is an East Region planning area of 11.69 square kilometres, surrounded by Hougang, Sengkang, Pasir Ris, Tampines and Bedok. Most of it is Paya Lebar Air Base, and SingStat recorded only 20 residents there in June 2026, with every age and dwelling breakdown published as nil or negligible.

A name that points two ways

Many people know "Paya Lebar" as the interchange on the East-West and Circle lines and the Paya Lebar Quarter offices and malls beside it. Those are in the Geylang planning area on URA's map, not here. Readers looking for homes near Paya Lebar MRT should start with the Geylang profile.

What is planned

URA's long-term plans move the air base out of Paya Lebar, starting in the 2030s, and use the freed land and the surrounding areas, where building heights are now limited, for new housing, jobs and green space. Until then, the planning area remains a military airfield.

Rail and facilities

LTA's exit data shows no rail station in the Paya Lebar planning area. MOH's June 2024 CHAS list places two clinics inside the boundary, and the agencies' lists show no MOE school, NEA hawker centre, polyclinic, community club or NParks park.

Why it has a page

Every URA planning area has a row in SingStat's resident table, and ours lists all 55 so that the rows match SingStat's published total.

Nearby planning areas

Next to Paya Lebar on URA's map: Hougang, Pasir Ris (full guide), Sengkang, Tampines (full guide), Bedok.

Every planning area has a page on our neighbourhoods index.

Sources

  1. URA, Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea), data.gov.sg (updated 27 February 2026)
  2. LTA, MRT Station Exit (GEOJSON), data.gov.sg (updated 18 October 2026)
  3. MOH, CHAS Clinics, data.gov.sg (list dated June 2024)
  4. SingStat, Resident Population by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group and Type of Dwelling, June 2026 (released 25 September 2026), singstat.gov.sg
  5. URA, Master Plan: relocation of Paya Lebar Air Base from the 2030s and plans for the land, ura.gov.sg

Facts checked on 15 November 2026. See our editorial policy.

Last updated