Approved Shau Kei Wan Outline Zoning Plan amended
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The amendments mainly involve the following items:
(i) rezoning a site at A Kung Ngam Village and its adjacent areas from "Open Space" ("O"), "Green Belt", "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Business" ("OU(B)"), "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Comprehensive Recreational Development Area" and areas shown as 'Road' to "Residential (Group A)6" for public housing development;
(ii) rezoning a site to the north of Ming Wah Dai Ha from "O", "Residential (Group A)" ("R(A)") and "Government, Institution or Community" ("G/IC") to "Residential (Group A)5" for public housing development;
(iii) rezoning a site at 5 A Kung Ngam Village Road from "OU(B)" to "OU(B)1" to facilitate the wholesale conversion of the existing building to hospital; and
(iv) rezoning a site at 456 Shau Kei Wan Road from "G/IC", "O" and an area shown as 'Road' to "G/IC(1)" to facilitate the redevelopment of an existing social services building.
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 draft Shau Kei Wan OZP No. S/H9/19, 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 Hong Kong District Planning Office and (iv) the Eastern Home Affairs Enquiry Centre.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before August 23. 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 Shau Kei Wan 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 on the Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).
Ends/Friday, June 23, 2023
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