Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po (Reporter Ngan Lun Lok) Planning Department revised Tai Po OZP in May of last year,including six green or community lands for residential use, to release land for 4,175 private residence units,but received during the consultation period of more than six thousand multiple representations opposition. The Board will make a decision yesterday, do not agree with the rezoning of two sites, so that the area lost 1,300 private homes supply, accounting for about 31% of the original proposed supply, which also includes selling has been placed in the ground, can be built 620 units in adjacent Tai Po Fung Yuen land,have the impact of government land sales program.
Tai Po Outline revision received more than 6,000 representations in order to incorporate the land sale Lo Fai Road, (660 partners) surface within the most controversial, as many as 4,700 copies of objections are received representations that will destroy the environment, increase traffic load and so on. But TPB yesterday agreed that the land transfer purposes, not accept objections. A spokesman for the view that the layout of the land suitable for residential development.
Fung Yuen land was expected need to ‘out of the plan’
However, the remaining five private residential lands,of which will tick away two lands of the rezoning, including a 4.35 hectares of land can be built on the 680 gang AHNH west land and proximity to Phoenix Park, maintaining the "Green Zone." Among them, the latter has been placed in the ground to sell earlier advisory also received nearly 300 objections. This TPB decided to work for the government to bring the fight against the sale of land, so the Crown to reduce the supply of 620 is expected in the future will be ‘out of the plan’.
4 lands which supply more than 4,000 units have passed the land sale plan
TPB spokesman explained, excluding the two lands,because that would be more suitable as a buffer zone, there is reserved for green land value. Retrieve information, the two sites originally planned for high-density and low-density development, the total number of units involved approximately 1,300 units. With a total of six private residential lands to provide 4,175 units,computing unit supply failure rezoning full accounting 31.14%. As for Chung Nga Road in Tai Po public housing sites, although have been opposed by SHKP,but TPB agree rezoning, partners can build 6,350 public housing units.The rest Po Heung Road 76 youth hostel units also through rezoning.
At the same time, the TPB spokesman added, for a proposed north Lo Fai Road, Hong Kong Institute of Education next to residential land, which will be considered to belong to the teaching hospital "brownfield" land rezoned green and brown to rezone not replace each other, otherwise the program committee also noted that the government develop brownfields, it has not agreed to the proposal.
Golden-Horse-Mansion have action again
In addition, Henderson Land applied for planning permission for the construction of commercial buildings of Golden-Horse-Mansion in Quarr bay and adjoining old building in 2013, but in 2014 revoked, and in March of the same year to apply for a change in land use, together with the people next to the new building together into the paper. TPB documents show that Henderson recently revisit the program in 2013, but did not cancel the development of new public buildings merge program, scheduled for consideration in March this year, it is estimated that if people can not purchase a new building for 2 plans..
According to the latest submissions by Henderson Land, Golden-Horse-Mansion and old building nearby with an area of about 17,720 square feet adjacent to, now classified as "Residential (Group A)", the applicant for the office and even restaurants, shops and service industries use, intended to be 15 times the construction of a 31-storey, 265,800 square feet of commercial floor (including 4 basement).
Saigon residential land will put up for tender next month
In addition, the Lands Department announced Saigon Hong Kin Road land will have bidding on March 13, April 24 will stop receiving tender. Project site with N area of approximately 36,856 square feet, 51,592 feet of buildable floor area.
Centaline Surveyors Lai Kin Fai said it expects the land will be developed as low-density residential units,with the floor price of about HKD $5,000,with the valuation of HKD $2.58 billion.
