A fishing port and an LRT town
The name comes from Lorong Sengkang, a road off Lorong Buangkok; in Chinese it means “prosperous harbour”. The area was once Kangkar, “foot of the port”, a fishing port on Sungei Serangoon, surrounded by rubber, pepper and pineapple plantations.
Sengkang New Town was planned with its own light rail from the start — NLB calls it the first LRT town — around the theme “Town for the Seafarer” Its neighbourhoods carry names such as Compassvale, Anchorvale and Rivervale. Compass Point opened in 2002 and The Seletar Mall in 2015.
What the planning area covers
URA’s seven subzones are Anchorvale, Compassvale, Fernvale, Lorong Halus North, Rivervale, Sengkang Town Centre and Sengkang West. Compass One, Sengkang General Hospital, The Seletar Mall and Sengkang Riverside Park are inside; Hougang Mall and Seletar Airport are not.
Recent developments
No private project has launched inside the boundary since 2022, and no government land sale site here is on URA’s lists. The newest registered developments are Parc Greenwich, Parc Botannia and Rivercove Residences; Sengkang Grand Residences, was launched by City Developments Limited in November 2019.
Getting around
Sengkang and Buangkok are on the North East Line. The Sengkang LRT’s two loops serve stations such as Compassvale, Rumbia, Bakau, Kangkar, Ranggung, Cheng Lim, Farmway, Fernvale, Layar and Renjong.
Schools with pages here include Nan Chiau Primary, Rivervale Primary, Compassvale Primary and Fernvale Primary.
Who manages the buildings here
Ocean IFM (3) manage the most developments inside the boundary. About a third of the developments here have no managing agent on record — many are small blocks run by their own council. Each building page lists its own office contact.
What to have ready
The management office will ask for the MCST number and your unit. Public carparks with live lot counts are on the carparks page; see also the District 19 and District 28 pages.
Sources: URA Master Plan 2019 planning area and subzone boundaries (data.gov.sg); NLB Infopedia (Sengkang); CDL (Sengkang Grand Residences). Buildings are listed when their coordinate falls inside URA’s boundary for the planning area; prices are left out because they change.
