Draft Kwun Tong (South) Outline Zoning Plan approved
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"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Kwun Tong (South) area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (March 25).
The planning scheme area, covering about 387 hectares, is located within Kwun Tong District in East Kowloon and can be demarcated into two main portions in terms of land use. The portion located to the south-west of Kwun Tong Road is the Kwun Tong Business Area, which is one of the major employment centres in the main urban area and is under transformation to meet the changing needs of the non-polluting industrial and business sectors. The other portion located to the north-east of Kwun Tong Road and Lei Yue Mun Road is predominantly occupied by residential developments, particularly public housing estates.
The approved OZP has incorporated amendments shown on the draft Kwun Tong (South) OZP No. S/K14S/23, which mainly involved (i) rezoning of a piece of land from "Government, Institution or Community (1)" ("G/IC(1)"), "Open Space" ("O") and areas shown as "Road" to "Commercial (2)" for proposed commercial development; (ii) rezoning of parcels of land from "G/IC(1)" and areas shown as "Road" to "O" and "O(1)" for proposed public open spaces; (iii) rezoning of a waterfront site from "G/IC(1)" to "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Drainage Facility and At-grade Public Open Space" for a proposed drainage facility, comprising an underground storm water storage tank and ancillary above-ground structures, with provision of at-grade public open space; and (iv) rezoning of three strips of land from "G/IC(1)" to areas shown as "Road" for a proposed new public road, and to reflect the as-built road status of Kei Yip Lane in the Kwun Tong Action Area.
Opportunity is also 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 circumstances, where appropriate.
The approved Kwun Tong (South) OZP No. S/K14S/24 is 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.
Copies of the approved 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, March 25, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:00
Issued at HKT 16:00
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