Approved Yuen Long Outline Zoning Plan amended
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     The Town Planning Board today (January 6) announced amendments to the approved Yuen Long Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site at Tai Kei Leng from "Open Space" and "Residential (Group B)" to "Residential (Group A)6" for public housing development; (ii) rezoning two sites at Lam Hi Road and Wang Yip Street East respectively from "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Art Storage and Public Open Space" to "Residential (Group A)7", and from "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Business" to "Residential (Group E)2" for private housing developments; and (iii) other zoning amendments to reflect the current uses and as-built conditions of various sites.

     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 Yuen Long OZP No. S/YL/26, 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 Tuen Mun and Yuen Long West District Planning Office, (iv) the Yuen Long District Office, (v) the Ping Shan Rural Committee and (vi) the Shap Pat Heung Rural Committee.

     Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before March 6. 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 Yuen Long 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, January 6, 2023
Issued at HKT 16:00

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