Draft Yau Ma Tei Outline Zoning Plan amended
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According to the Court's ruling on a judicial review application, the Board's decision on a representation to the draft Yau Ma Tei OZP No. S/K2/21 is quashed and that the decision is remitted to the Board for reconsideration. The Board has reviewed the development restrictions taking into account the implications of various building and design guidelines, permissible development intensity and land use, air ventilation and urban design aspects for the "Commercial" ("C"), "Residential (Group A)" ("R(A)") (and its subzones), "Residential (Group B)" (and its subzones), "Government, Institution or Community" (and its subzones) and "Other Specified Uses" zones on the OZP. The review also includes the building setback and non-building area requirements on the OZP to provide flexibility for future redevelopments.
The Board has now made amendments to the OZP. The amendments mainly involve the revision of building height restrictions for the "C" zones at Nathan Road, the "R(A)" zones between Nathan Road and Ferry Street, and rezoning the "R(A)2" sites along Man Shing Street to "R(A)" zone with stipulation of building height restriction. Opportunity has also been taken to amend the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP to reflect the above amendments and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning area, where appropriate.
The draft Yau Ma Tei OZP No. S/K2/23, incorporating the amendments, is now available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department in North Point and Sha Tin, (iii) the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office and (iv) the Yau Tsim Mong District Office.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Board on or before December 15. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29B on "Submission and Publication of Representations, Comments on Representations and Further Representations under the Town Planning Ordinance" (TPB PG-No. 29B).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29B. 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. 29B, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and
* The Secretariat of the 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 Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
Copies of the draft Yau Ma Tei OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed at the Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
Ends/Friday, October 15, 2021
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Issued at HKT 16:00
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