Draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun 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 Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong and Lei Yue Mun area," a spokesperson for the Town Planning Board said today (November 18).
The planning scheme area, covering about 264 hectares of land, is located in Kowloon East within Kwun Tong District. It is bounded by the hilly ranges of Black Hill, Chiu Keng Wan Shan and Devil's Peak (Pau Toi Shan) to the east; Lei Yue Mun Strait to the south; Victoria Harbour, Wai Yip Street and Cha Kwo Ling Road to the west; and Lei Yue Mun Road and Lam Tin area to the northwest.
The approved OZP has incorporated amendments shown on the draft Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun OZP No. S/K15/26, which mainly involve the following items:
(i) rezoning of sites in Cha Kwo Ling Village (CKLV) from "Undetermined" and "Green Belt" ("GB") and areas shown as "Road" to "Residential (Group A)8", "Government, Institution or Community" and "Government, Institution or Community (1)" to facilitate public housing development and provision of government, institution or community facilities;
(ii) rezoning of sites in the ex-Cha Kwo Ling Kaolin Mine Site from sub-zones of "Residential (Group B)" and "Open Space" to "Residential (Group A)9" for public housing development; and
(iii) rezoning of parcels of land to "GB" or areas shown as "Road", as appropriate, for the proposed new road alignment, road widening and roadside verge greening, as well as green slopes to be formed under the public housing development at CKLV.
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 Cha Kwo Ling, Yau Tong, Lei Yue Mun OZP No. S/K15/27 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, November 18, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:00
Issued at HKT 16:00
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