The Town Planning Board today (December 3) announced amendments to the approved Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     The amendments mainly involve the rezoning of various sites for public housing developments, including rezoning two sites abutting Cha Kwo Ling Road mainly from "Undetermined" ("U") and "Green Belt" ("GB") to "Residential (Group A)8" and rezoning parcels of land within the ex-Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine Site from "Residential (Group B)2", "Residential (Group B)3", "Residential (Group B)4" and "Open Space" ("O") to "Residential (Group A)9". 

     Other amendments include the rezoning of various sites from "U" and "GB" to "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC") for a proposed joint-user government complex and to reflect the existing roadside facilities, from "U" to "G/IC(1)" for a proposed sub-divisional fire station cum ambulance depot, from "GB" to "G/IC" for enlarging a school site, from "O" to "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Amenity Area" for proposed roadside verge greening, and from "U" and "O" to "GB" for proposed slope modification or formation works.

     Opportunity is also taken to amend the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP to reflect the above amendments and the latest proposals and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning area, where appropriate.

     The draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun OZP No. S/K15/26, incorporating the amendments, is now available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Kowloon District Planning Office and (iv) the Kwun Tong District Office.

     Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before February 4, 2022. 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 Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).

     Copies of the draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun 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 Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).

Ends/Friday, December 3, 2021
Issued at HKT 16:00

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