Carey Island set as growth engine under Selangor's Kuala Langat plan amendment
Selangor's planning department has approved Draft Amendment 3 to the Kuala Langat Local Plan 2030, pending state gazettement. The amendment rezones 601 lots across 37,073.70 acres, with Carey Island as its strategic centrepiece, positioning the island as a port-industrial platform linked to the IDRI
The Kuala Langat Local Plan 2030 Draft Amendment 3 has received the green light from Selangor's planning department and is pending state approval for gazettement, according to Kuala Langat Municipal Council documents. Unlike earlier surgical amendments, Draft Amendment 3 is a strategic revision reworking about 17.46 per cent of the district. It changes land use for 601 lots across 37,073.70 acres, including 8,210.74 acres within three nautical miles from the coast, and incorporates the Carey Island Development Master Plan into the local plan.
Carey Island constitutes almost half the changes. Industrial zoning shifts fall mostly onto planning blocks BP1 and BP2, which form the Banting, Kota Seri Langat and Telok Panglima Garang belt. The rezonings at Kota Seri Langat and Olak Lempit reflect demand already visible on the ground, with developments including the Lion Industrial Park, the GreenRE-certified COMPASS @ Kota Seri Langat and IOI Industrial Park @ Banting. Carey Island (BP3) is the strategic centrepiece and the larger long-term bet: a future port-industrial platform that could support Port Klang, the Selangor Integrated Development Region in South Selangor (IDRISS) and the wider southern Selangor corridor.
The IDRISS initiative is led by the Selangor government, with Invest Selangor Bhd as its official secretariat. It covers over 16,369.58 acres of development land across Kuala Langat and Sepang, with an estimated gross development value of RM57.7 billion. The programme features nine high-impact projects and seven focus sectors: industrial, commercial, residential, port, tourism, education and smart agriculture. Its incentives, valid until 31 Dec 2029, include a special land premium scheme, instalment on development charges at zero per cent interest, 50 per cent remittance on assessment rate for vacant land for the first two years, and a business license fee exemption for five years.
Carey Island is being treated as a national mega infrastructure project because Port Klang needs expansion to handle larger cargo volumes along the Strait of Melaka, one of the world's busiest trade routes. The island sits at the intersection of Port Klang's next growth phase and the industrial base forming across southern Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. Recent investments of more than RM10 billion, together with occupiers such as Nine Dragons Paper Mill, TenPower, OMRON, BWYS Scaffolding and Bridge Data Centres, point to a growing industrial corridor that is no longer speculative.
The SD Guthrie Bhd–Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated memorandum of understanding signed in February establishes a framework to explore feasibility studies and master planning for at least 2,500 acres, with potential expansion to 5,000 acres, within Carey Island Estate. The MOU links the proposed development to IDRISS, the Third Port initiative, and a potential Carey Island special economic zone. The existing South Klang Valley Expressway (SKVE) already passes through Carey Island, giving the island a highway relationship with Port Klang and the wider Klang Valley.
