Approved Tseung Kwan O Outline Zoning Plan amended
The Town Planning Board today (February 14) announced amendments to the approved Tseung Kwan O Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
The amendments are mainly to take forward the proposed developments at Tseung Kwan O Areas 137 and 132 for a new community primarily for residential purposes and accommodation of public facilities serving the region, which marine frontage is required for their operation respectively, and to reflect the proposed reclamation boundary and the existing boundary of Clear Water Bay Country Park. The amendments mainly involve (i) incorporation of two sea areas in Fat Tong O into the planning scheme area, zoning the areas and/or rezoning the adjoining land from “Other Specified Uses” (“OU”) annotated “Deep Waterfront Industry” (“OU(DWI)”) and/or “OU” annotated “Desalination Plant” to “Residential (Group A) 9”, “Residential (Group A) 10”, “Residential (Group A) 11”, “Residential (Group A) 12”, “OU” annotated “Commercial/Residential Development with Public Transport Interchange (1)”, “Government, Institution or Community (10)” (“G/IC(10)”), “Open Space”, “OU” annotated “Effluent Polishing Plant”, “OU” annotated “Green Fuel Station”, “Green Belt” (“GB”) and an area shown as ‘Road’; (ii) rezoning of a site in Fat Tong Chau from “GB” and “OU(DWI)” to “G/IC(10)”; (iii) incorporation of a site occupied by a pier near Tit Cham Chau into the planning scheme area, zoning the site and rezoning the adjoining land from “OU(DWI)” to “OU” annotated “Pier”; (iv) incorporation of a sea area in Chiu Keng Wan into the planning scheme area, zoning the area and/or rezoning the adjoining land from “GB” to “OU” annotated “Electricity Facilities”, “OU” annotated “Construction Waste Handling Facility and Public Fill Transfer Facility”, “OU” annotated “Refuse Transfer Station”, “OU” annotated “Concrete Batching Plant”, “G/IC(10)”, “G/IC”, and an area shown as ‘Road’; (v) incorporation of four sites near Chiu Keng Wan into the planning scheme area and zoning the sites to “GB”; and (vi) excision of five sites within “OU(DWI)” zone from the planning scheme area.
The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are amended to take into account the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.
The draft Tseung Kwan O OZP No. S/TKO/31, incorporating the amendments, is available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Sai Kung and Islands District Planning Office, (iv) the Sai Kung District Office, and (v) the Hang Hau Rural Committee.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before April 14. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29C on “Submission and Processing of Representations and Further Representations” (TPB PG-No. 29C).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29C. In particular, the representer should take note of the following:
* If the representer fails to provide his or her full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of his or her Hong Kong identity card or passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29C, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and
* The Secretariat of the Town Planning Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification.
The Guidelines and the submission form are available at the above locations (i) and (ii) and the Town Planning Board’s website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
Copies of the draft Tseung Kwan O OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centre in North Point. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed on the Town Planning Board’s website (www.tpb.gov.hk). read more