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The Chief Executive in Council approved the draft Tsuen Wan West Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide development and redevelopment in the Tsuen Wan West area," a spokesman of the Town Planning Board said today (July 18).
The Planning Scheme Area (the Area), covering an area of about 451 hectares, comprises three districts, viz. Ting Kau, Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau.
Two existing sub-urban commercial centers are zoned "Commercial" with an area of 0.5 hectares. They include the sub-district commercial centre associated with the Hong Kong Garden Development in Tsing Lung Tau and the cluster of speciality roast-goose restaurants in Sham Tseng.
A site on the headland between Ting Kau Beach and Lido Beach is designated as "Comprehensive Development Area (1)" ("CDA(1)"). The planning intention of the "CDA(1)" zone is for hotel development.
"Residential (Group A)" zoning, covering an area of about 9.5 hectares, is intended to reflect a number of existing high-density residential developments in Sham Tseng.
Some 21 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group B)" for lower density residential developments in Sham Tseng and Tsing Lung Tau. A total of 8.9 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group C)" primarily intended for low-rise, low-density residential developments.
Most of these residential sites are close to or along Tsuen Wan West coast. Apart from these residential zones, the Garden Bakery which is the only remaining industrial operator in Sham Tseng, is zoned "Residential (Group E)" to encourage the phasing out of the existing industrial activity and remove the industrial/residential interface problem in the area.
A total of 13.8 hectares of land are zoned "Village Type Development" for the consolidation and expansion of existing villages.
To provide a range of "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC") facilities to serve the community in Tsuen Wan West, about 10.5 hectares of land are zoned "G/IC". Besides, a total of 7.5 hectares of land are designated as "Open Space" for seven gazette beaches and a district open space.
Some 2.2 hectares of land are zoned "Other Specified Uses" to cover the existing Airport Core Programme Exhibition Centre near Hoi Mei Beach and a proposed sewage treatment work at Sham Tseng reclamation. The ex-Tsing Lung Tau Quarry site and the surrounding slopes are zoned "Undetermined" ("U"). The after use of the "U" zone is subject to further investigation.
The "Green Belt" zone with an area of 300.7 hectares serves to protect the quiet and heavily vegetated area from encroachment by urban development.
The approved Tsuen Wan West OZP No. S/TWW/14 is now available for public inspection during normal office hours at:
* Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road;
* Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office, 27th Floor, Tsuen Wan Government Offices, 38 Sai Lau Kok Road; and
* Tsuen Wan District Office, 1st Floor, Tsuen Wan Station Multi-storey Carpark Building, 174-208 Castle Peak Road.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in Yau Ma Tei and North Point. The electronic version of the plan is viewable from the Town Planning Board's website (http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
End/Friday, July 18, 2003
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