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1. What the September 2011 annex records
2. A neighbourhood is more than its homes
Did you know that Anchorvale Harvest’s original housing record listed 717 flats, with four-room homes forming the largest group? HDB’s September 2011 BTO annex provides the starting point for this corner of Sengkang’s housing history.
Anchorvale Harvest history is not only a story about apartment blocks. The annex describes a development between Anchorvale Street and Anchorvale Link, with everyday services planned alongside the homes.
Here is a short guide to what that record establishes, what its numbers mean and how families can turn a familiar neighbourhood into a thoughtful learning conversation.
Contents
Three short chapters
1. What the September 2011 annex records
The HDB annex identifies 88 three-room, 404 four-room and 225 five-room flats. It describes Anchorvale Harvest as a standard contract and places Farmway LRT within walking distance.
Planned facilities included a supermarket, eating house, shops and an education centre. These are statements from the launch-era document, not a current business directory.
The copy used here is an HDB annex preserved on a third-party website. It is useful evidence of the original plan, but its September 2011 heading should not be presented as a confirmed completion or first-occupation date.
Imagine preparing dinner, returning from school and picking up a household item. The home is the starting point, but each activity depends on somewhere else. Reading a housing plan becomes more interesting when we follow those journeys.
The interpretation is simple: the services listed alongside homes invite us to think about everyday routines. This is a way of reading the plan, not proof that every resident uses the same facilities or makes the same journeys.
Try drawing your own imaginary precinct. Place homes, a food shop and a learning space on paper. Join them with paths, then move one destination. Ask which journey became longer and which remained unchanged.
Label it clearly as an invented model. A learning sketch should not be mistaken for Anchorvale Harvest’s official site plan.
The recorded categories add up: 88 + 404 + 225 = 717. Four-room flats account for more than half the launch total, because 404 is greater than half of 717.
A child can explain that comparison without a calculator: twice 404 is 808, which exceeds 717. This is a useful small exercise in turning a numerical claim into a reason.
But 717 flats does not mean 717 people. Nor does the launch mix establish today’s household composition. The unit being counted matters as much as the calculation.
For a neighbourhood visit, use permitted common areas and current signs. Keep observations separate from the old proposal: “the annex planned this” and “I observed this today” are different, equally useful sentences.
Sources and reading notes
Sources checked on 17 October 2026. Historical plans, estimates and terminology retain their original scope. Third-party copies and secondary records are identified below; these are not current service or housing-application instructions.
HDB September 2011 BTO Annex A1 — third-party preserved copy
The featured classroom photograph illustrates eduKate’s learning context; it does not depict this neighbourhood location.
