Approved Ping Shan Outline Zoning Plan amended
The Town Planning Board today (September 26) announced amendments to the approved Ping Shan Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site at Wing Ning Tsuen from "Green Belt" ("GB") to "Residential (Group A)7" ("R(A)7"); (ii) rezoning four land parcels at Wing Ning Tsuen from "Comprehensive Development Area" ("CDA") and "GB" to "R(A)8" and addition of symbols to link up the land parcels; (iii) rezoning a strip of land along the Mass Transit Railway Tuen Ma Line viaduct from "CDA", "GB" and an area shown as 'Tuen Ma Line Emergency Access Point' to an area shown as 'Road'; (iv) rezoning two pieces of land at Wing Ning Tsuen from "GB" to "Government, Institution or Community"; (v) rezoning a site to the north of Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan from "CDA" and "Village Type Development" to "R(A)9"; (vi) rezoning a site to the southeast of Tong Fong Tsuen and west of the junction of Ping Ha Road and Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan from "CDA" to "Residential (Group E)1"; (vii) rezoning a site to the northeast of the junction of Ping Ha Road and Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan from "CDA" to "Residential (Group B)2"; and (viii) adjustment to the zoning boundary of "CDA" zone at Yung Yuen Road.
The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are amended to take into account the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.
The draft Ping Shan OZP No. S/YL-PS/21, 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 and (v) the Ping Shan 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 November 26. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29C on "Submission and Processing of Representations and Further Representations" (TPB PG-No. 29C).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29C. 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. 29C, 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) as well as the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
Copies of the draft Ping Shan OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centre in North Point. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed on the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
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