The Selangor appeal board has today upheld the decision by the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) to turn down Sime Darby’s application to subdivide and commercialise 19 acres of Subang Ria park.

The three-member panel unanimously agreed that Sime’s application, that  included a plan to build an extension wing of suites for its Subang Jaya Medical Centre private hospital, and 250 units of high-end condominiums, was not in compliance with the conditions of the draft local plan.

Panel member Teh Zawahir Abdul Malek said the entire 72.6 acres of Subang Ria park was set aside as a recreational park under the draft local plan when the decision was made by the MPSJ in May last year to turn down Sime’s application, hence only public recreational or ‘recreational-related buildings’ should have been allowed.

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