Tag: Planning

Appointment of Town Planning Board members ******************************************      The Government announced today (April 3) that the Chief Executive has appointed six official and 24 non-official members to the Town Planning Board (TPB) for a new two-year term from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026.             The Permanent Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands) has been reappointed as the Chairperson of the TPB. Veteran member Mr Stephen Liu Ling-hong has been appointed as the Vice-chairperson.             The Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, said that non-official members of the TPB have a good mix of backgrounds. Their multidisciplinary expertise and wealth ... Read more

Town Planning Board agrees to gazette the statutory plans related to the San Tin Technopole ******************************************************************************************      The Town Planning Board (the Board) yesterday (February 23) agreed to gazette the new draft San Tin Technopole Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) (replacing the prevailing approved San Tin OZP), and the proposed amendments to the approved Ngau Tam Mei OZP and the approved Mai Po and Fairview Park OZP for public consultation in accordance with the Town Planning Ordinance (the Ordinance).             The Board noted that the OZPs provided statutory planning framework for the development of the San Tin Technopole (the Technopole) and the ... Read more

Town Planning Board maintains its previous decision to amend zoning of site at northernmost part of Old Course of Fanling Golf Course to “Undetermined” temporarily ******************************************************************************************      The Town Planning Board (TPB) completed today (October 20) the deliberation on the further representations on the proposed amendment to the draft Fanling/Sheung Shui Extension Area Outline Zoning Plan No. S/FSSE/1 (the draft OZP) and decided to amend the draft OZP by the proposed amendment, i.e. rezoning the 9.5-hectare site at the northernmost portion of the draft OZP (the Site) from “Residential (Group A)” to “Undetermined” (“U”) temporarily.   ​     Having ... Read more

Town Planning Board decided to amend the zoning of the proposed housing site at Fanling Golf Course to “Undetermined” temporarily ******************************************************************************************        Town Planning Board (TPB) continued today (July 24) the deliberation on the draft Fanling/Sheung Shui Extension Area Outline Zoning Plan No. S/FSSE/1 (the draft OZP). After thorough deliberation, TPB decided to accept the recommendation of the Planning Department (PlanD) to partially meet some of the representations by amending the zoning of the 9.5 hectare (ha) proposed housing site in the northernmost portion on the draft OZP (involving 3 holes of the Old Course of Fanling Golf Course) from ... Read more

LCQ5: Development planning for Ex-Lamma Quarry Area ***************************************************      Following is a question by the Hon Mrs Regina Ip and a reply by the Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, in the Legislative Council today (January 18):   Question:      In 2012, the Government conducted a feasibility study on the development planning for the future land use of the Ex-Lamma Quarry (the Quarry) Area located on the Lamma Island. The area under study, which was about 60 hectares in total, included a 20-ha platform area, a 1-kilometre shoreline, a 5-ha man-made lake, and the natural slopes in the vicinity. Subsequently, the ... Read more