Draft Tsuen Wan Outline Zoning Plan approved
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     The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Tsuen Wan Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     ¡§The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Tsuen Wan area,¡¨ a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (December 12).

     The Planning Scheme Area, covering an area of about 743 hectares, forms part of the Tsuen Wan New Town.  It extends from Wo Yi Hop Road in the east to Yau Kom Tau in the west.

     Four sites totalling about 10.5 hectares are zoned ¡§Comprehensive Development Area¡¨ or its sub-area for comprehensive development/redevelopment of the area.  Three are located at or near the West Rail Tsuen Wan West Station and one is located at the periphery of Tsuen Wan East Industrial Area.   

     About 106.4 hectares of land is zoned ¡§Residential (Group A)¡¨ or its sub-areas for high-density residential developments.  Sites intended primarily for medium-density residential developments are zoned ¡§Residential (Group B)¡¨ or its sub-areas (about 11 hectares).  Four sites located at the upper hill slopes of Yau Kom Tau and another site at Route Twisk totalling about 2.2 hectares are zoned ¡§Residential (Group C)¡¨ or its sub-area for low-rise and low-density residential developments.

     To encourage the phasing out of existing industrial uses for residential use through redevelopment (or conversion) for residential use on application to the Board, about 4.2 hectares of land covering the Young Ya Industrial Building at Sha Tsui Road and most of the industrial buildings along Kwok Shui Road is zoned ¡§Residential (Group E)¡¨.

     The existing villages and land reserved for village expansion, covering a total area of about 71.3 hectares, are zoned ¡§Village Type Development¡¨.

     To serve the needs of the local residents and/or the general public, about 90.4 hectares of land is zoned ¡§Government, Institution or Community¡¨ or its sub-areas which cover a wide range of government, institution or community facilities whereas 132 hectares of land is zoned ¡§Open Space¡¨ to provide outdoor open-air public space for active and/or passive recreational uses.  

     About 10.2 hectares of land is zoned ¡§Commercial¡¨ or its sub-areas to provide for commercial developments.  About 28.7 hectares of land mainly clustering around the Chai Wan Kok and Tsuen Wan East Industrial Areas is zoned ¡§Industrial¡¨ for general industrial uses.  Sites intended primarily for general business uses to cater for information technology and telecommunications industries, non-polluting industrial, office and other commercial uses are zoned ¡§Other Specified Uses¡¨ (¡§OU¡¨) annotated ¡§Business¡¨ or ¡§Business(1)¡¨ (about 11 hectares). About 22 hectares of land is zoned ¡§OU¡¨ for other specific uses such as the Mass Transport Railway and associated facilities, sports and recreation club, petrol filling stations and ferry piers.

     About 163.8 hectares of land is zoned ¡§Green Belt¡¨ to conserve the natural environment, safeguard it from encroachment by urban-type development, and provide additional outlets for passive recreational activities.

     The approved Tsuen Wan OZP No. S/TW/26 is now available for public inspection during normal office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters of Planning Department, the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office, the Tsuen Wan District Office and the Tsuen Wan Rural Committee.

     Copies of the approved plan are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei.  The electronic version of the plan can be viewed on the Town Planning Board¡¦s website at (http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb).

Ends/Friday, December 12, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:00

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