Draft Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au Development Permission Area Plan approved
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     The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au Development Permission Area (DPA) Plan.

     "The approved DPA Plan provides planning guidance and facilitates development control within the Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au area during the period required for detailed analysis of the land use pattern, study of infrastructural provisions and examination of development options for the formulation of an outline zoning plan (OZP)," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (March 21).

     The draft DPA Plan covers an area of about 90.27 hectares. It comprises three sub-areas, namely Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au. The area is surrounded by Plover Cove Country Park except where it fronts Starling Inlet.

     The general planning intention of the area is to protect its high conservation and landscape value and the rural settings which complement the overall natural environment and the landscape beauty of the surrounding Plover Cove Country Park. The planning intention is also to reflect the existing recognised villages of Fung Hang Village, Kuk Po Lo Wai, Kuk Po San Uk Ha, Yi To, Sam To, Sze To, Ng To and Yung Shue Au Village.

     About 4.78 hectares of the area is zoned "Village Type Development" to reflect the existing recognised villages.

     The remaining 85.49 hectares of the area is designated "Unspecified Use", pending detailed analysis and studies to establish the appropriate land uses in the course of preparing an Outline Zoning Plan.

     The approved Kuk Po, Fung Hang and Yung Shue Au DPA Plan No. DPA/NE-KP/2 is available for public inspection during office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board; the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department in North Point and Sha Tin; the Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District Planning Office; the North District Office; and the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee.

     Copies of the approved DPA 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 at the Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).

Ends/Friday, March 21, 2014
Issued at HKT 16:02

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