Approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan amended
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     The Town Planning Board today (November 18) announced amendments to the approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
      
     The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site to the east of Shek Pai Street from "Green Belt" ("GB") to "Residential (Group A)3" and a site to the east of Tai Lin Pai Road from "Industrial" to "Residential (Group A)4" for public housing developments, (ii) rezoning a site at the southern end of Kwai Yue Street from "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC") to "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") annotated "Columbarium (2)" for public columbarium development, (iii) rezoning a site at the junction of Kwok Shui Road and Lei Muk Road from "Open Space" to "OU" annotated "Buildings with Historical and Architectural Interests Preserved for Social Welfare Facility Use" to take forward the decision of the Metro Planning Committee of the Town Planning Board on a Section 12A application, and (iv) rezoning a site to the east of Lei Pui Street and a site to the east of On Chuk Street from "GB" to "G/IC".
            
     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 scheme area, where appropriate.

     The draft Kwai Chung OZP No. S/KC/31, incorporating the amendments, is available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office and (iv) the Kwai Tsing District Office.
      
     Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before January 18, 2023. 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 Town Planning 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 Kwai Chung 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

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