s. 19 518
island site 159
job opportunities 510
Joint Declaration of the Government of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong 2–3
judgment, independent 28 Judicial Review of Appeal Board
Decisions 24, 213
Index
junction
capacity 132
constraint 132
Justice of Appeal 6, 24
justification for application 320
absence of 13
Kam Tin Bypass 395, 397, 398, 404,
405, 407, 408
Kam Tin Floodway Scheme 230 Keynesian macro-economics 516 knowledge 516
Kowloon 8
Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park 108
land 510
agricultural 35, 40, 71, 77, 107, 167, 176, 257, 374
alternative use always permitted 141
Crown 16, 59, 107, 132
exchange 69, 239
law x
possible resumption of 16, 36, 47,
68, 72
premiums 496
private 133
private property 2, 513
purposes and uses of 147
resumption affecting subject sites
47
resumption of 8, 47, 159
use 28, 37, 69, 74
use compatibility 27, 65, 77, 120, 496
use density 513
use incompatibility 147
use intensity 513
use level 513
use planning vii
values ix
Land Development Corporation
Ordinance 206, 518
Land Development Policy Committee
(LPDC) 190, 193
Land Use Diagram (LUD) 206 Lands Authority 84
Lands Department 21, 23, 197, 473 Lands Instructions 84
Lands Resumption Ordinance
(previously Crown Lands
Resumption Ordinance) 518
landscaped gardens 160
law
administrative x
economic analysis of ix lawyer ix, 11
legal practitioners 6
545
Layout Plan (LP) 44, 58, 201, 514
defining planning intention where the Appeal Board had sympathy but had no jurisdiction to help the appellant 298
lease
conditions 33, 50, 82, 98, 118, 514, 516
enforcement 437
modification 232, 496
unrestricted 98
leasehold system 500
legislation 543
Legislative Council debate 131
levelling 505
link
external 70, 76
litigation 509
loading
or unloading problems 55 requirements 55
local provision store 284
lots
agricultural 148
land-filling 507
Land Development Corporation (LDC)
206, 518
DD 120
freehold 520
garden 120
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leasehold 520
old schedule 313
rural building 484
Lut Chau Nature Reserve 216, 226
Mai Po Marshes 213, 353, 374 maintenance 62, 66, 76
market 16, 514
assessment 18
contempt with 16
economy 19, 500
future of 16, 18, 31, 39, 52, 53
ideology of a capitalist economy 19
laissez-faire 117
phobia 16
restriction 511
master layout plan (MLP) 9, 107, 160,
206, 216, 409,
material 505
change 504
515
change in the use of land 167, 257 consideration 30, 68
meaning
of art used by planners 313 of development intensity 213 of 'in situ' redevelopment 430
of 'rural development area' as a term means of communications 134
measures
of mitigation 22
of mitigation requiring land resumption 16
merits 495
metal workshop 18
Metro Planning Committee 5 Metroplan 26, 40, 52, 53, 437, 454 minor relaxation
of development restrictions 56 of industrial plot ratio stipulated in OZP 82, 98
of plot ratio 13, 47, 48, 50, 51, 56, 82 of plot ratios in Residential (Group B) Zones 56
of residential plot ratio stipulated in
OZP 91, 483
mode of reasoning 18
modern build form of G/IC uses 120
monopoly 511, 516
mosquito fish 511
Mount Parker Road 512
Nam Sang Wai 218, 232 natural justice, breach of 107 need
for planning application 418 for planning permission 413 for s. 16 application 91 neighbours, immediate 504 net benefits or costs 20
New South Wales Environmental
Planning and Assessment Act 511 New Territories 8, 12
Exempted House 120, 132, 419 New Territories Rural Planning and
Improvement Strategy (RPIS) 190 New Towns 504
Ngau Tam Mei Drainage Channel 365 no duty to help land resumption bodies
497
no obligation to please prospective
developers 78
no right to refuse permission 28, 73 noise barriers 68, 73
non-domestic building (godown) 82 Northwestern New Territories
Development Strategy development scenarios (or hybrid options) 213
non-price allocation 511
Northwestern New Territories
Subregional Land Use 193
Notes
interpretation of 91, 98, 120, 141,
153
produced by LDC 206
to DPA Plan 190, 201
to a statutory town plan 39, 62, 76, 513, 517
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547
to the Outline Zoning Plan 4, 43, 45, 74, 78, 82, 131, 495
notice
of appeal 42, 43, 75, 76
of enforcement 147
period of 506
validity of 42, 134
nuisance 32, 33, 36, 38, 46, 50, 56, 496 of environmental pollution 147 nullahs 352, 401, 511, 515
NWNT Development Strategy Review
220
objections 131
fundamental 27, 45, 61, 62, 64, 65,
77,
79
sound planning 31, 58
to an amendment to town plans 42
to Explanatory Statements 23
to OZPS 98, 413
to statutory plans 23, 129, 206 to town plans 107
office
building 54, 59
commercial development 9 commercial premises 54 development 12, 53 development in Industrial Zones
327
surplus, commercial premises 53 use 8
omission 133
on-site loading and unloading facilities
16
onus of supporting one's case (proof)
490, 515
open space 509 open storage 8,505
in Residential (Group D) Zone 65 of building materials 59, 270, 503 of building materials in Agriculture Zone 65
of building materials in Unspecified Use Zone 64
of containers 38, 48, 50, 57, 64, 473
of containers in Undetermined Use
Zone 63
of containers in Unspecified Use Zone 63
of steel materials 424
of vehicles and vehicle Parts 65
use 9, 148, 448
open-air Parking in Unspecified Use
Zones in IDPA/DPA_64
operations 504
options
open to the planner 72 Outline Development Plan 516
Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) 3, 29, 37, 43,
70, 76, 77, 314, 516
ignoring contractual rights of Crown lessees 298
subsequent 34, 39, 41, 61, 62, 65, 77
Pareto optimality 186
parking 9, 55
problems 16, 56
spaces 64
standards and requirements 153 Peak District (Residence) Ordinance 1 People's Republic of China 2 percentage of land in a CDA 51
permission, original 79
petrol filling station (PFS) 9, 12, 22, 59,
60, 66, 75, 201
in Unspecified Use Zones in DPA 250
photographs 201, 473, 503
misleading photographs of Planning Department 167, 169, 176, 257 Pigovian welfare economics 516 plan vii
approved 75
interpretation of 23
strategic 26, 40, 52, 53
plan making 23
function of 6, 26, 28, 68, 73
powers 26
planner x, 11, 66, 67
government 513
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registered ix
planning ix, 16, 257, 516
and the market 257 appeals 5, 7, 515
application 7, 29, 41, 61, 62, 64, 65, 282, 514, 515
application made after enforcement action 36, 72
application related to planning
enforcement 424
authority 75
avoidance of pre-empting 131 blight 120
by contract 500
conditions 2, 5, 16, 23, 31, 32,
49, 58, 73, 79, 98, 151, 364, 496, 514 constraints 73
consultants, as agents for service 5,
134
documents 495
enforcement 32, 37, 46, 57, 147, 424, 430, 496, 517
enforcement legislation 37, 63
first reported successful appeal of
212
gains 18, 35, 52, 53
practice notes for professional persons 2, 534
government 516
law viii, 499
objections 58, 66
objectives 16, 167, 176, 257
permission 5, 31, 68, 72, 73, 75, 79
point of view 31, 46, 58, 69
policies 26, 40, 53
private 516
profession viii, 499
regional viii
relevance of conditions 364
review 5, 515
standards 509
unit 20, 31, 53, 54, 120, 190, 430,
497
unit for assessment of office
vacancies 437
urban viii
Planning Department 1, 2, 26, 73, 503,
504
planning profession and civil service
499, 500, 516
planning intention 13, 16, 18, 27, 28, 29,
32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45, 57, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 68, 71, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 97, 107, 114, 120, 147, 167, 176, 190, 201, 213, 292, 306, 353, 448, 501, 513, 517
and peripheral reasons 276
as derived from the OZP and its Explanatory Statements 327
as located in Explanatory Statement 250, 364, 473, 490
as stated in the Explanatory Statement to the DPA Plan and inferred from the area specifically zoned for residential uses in the DPA Plan and subsequent zoning in OZP 313-314 changes of 107
contained in Explanatory Statement of DPA Plan 257
location of 270, 276, 517
of a statutory zone in the OZP 58, 66
plot ratio 47, 48, 51, 56, 72, 79, 84, 509,
517
approved by the Building Authority 47, 48, 51, 56
bonus 91
calculation 47, 213, 402
control 85,
97
increase in 48, 51
industrial 8
proposed by the applicant 47, 48, 50,
51, 56, 82
residential 8, 97
restriction of 58
stipulated in the OZP 47, 48, 51, 56, 82
policy vii, 18, 75
statements 496
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549
policymakers ix
pollution 151, 167, 176, 257
environmental 147
population 231, 509, 517
density 231
Potentially Hazardous Installations
(PHIS) 454
poultry farming 325
power
to approve or reject planning applications 27
to disagree with the Town Planning Board 26
to examine the duration of the use applied for 27
to make plans 26, 52, 53
power pylons 16
400 kV pylons 68, 73, 159, 160, 165 practice notes for professional persons 2,
534
pre-trial review 428
precedent 30, 483, 515
advisors 206 planners 2
programme
of GIC uses 120
of resumption 58 promises 33, 50, 69, 74 proof 49, 50, 60, 62, 76
of an application has no adverse impact 61
on the appellant 33, 57 property rights ix, 500, 513 proposal
of higher intensity 28, 29, 31, 41, 71 sincere 295
to make the planning permission conditional upon the approval of a master layout plan by the Director of Planning 402
proposed commercial/office building at a plot ratio of 15 in an industrial zone 437
proprietors ix, 1
bad 21, 30, 34, 40, 77, 91, 98, 120, 141, 153, 473, 517
rights of 500
public
undesirable 52, 55
benefit 496
premium 132
presumption in favour of development
18, 19, 30, 190, 250
Prevention of Bribery Ordinance 3
private initiative 232
private interest 517
private owners 18, 26, 73
private property rights 26, 88, 95, 113,
268, 305, 324, 497, 511, 518 alienate or transfer 518
derive income 518
uncompensated infringement of 500 use 518
Privy Council 24, 212, 213
Judicial Committee of 24
problems
environmental 23
of access 147
of vehicular access 244
professionals 4, 11
consultation 1
goods 511, 516 housing 107
inspection 6
interest 16, 31, 35, 59, 78, 184, 518 interest, democratic 518
interest, elitist 518
interest, totalitarian concept 518 participation 23
public light bus (PLB) terminus 206 Public Officer 6
public works 47, 48, 72, 79
programme 131
proposed 36, 47, 78
purposes
industrial 84
non-industrial 59, 73
of the Town Planning Ordinance 437
public 518
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purposive construction/interpretation
518
racial segregation 1
Railway Development Strategy (RDS)
473
Ramsar Site 13, 213
real estate vii
reasons
for decision 38
for dismissing appeals 13
for refusal 30
not used by the Town Planning Board 39
peripheral 276
with sufficient particulars 35, 69 recession 41
reclamation 514
reconstruction of an old house 298 redevelopment 66
in situ 430
regional balance 510 relationship
between DPA Plan and OZP 364 between planning application and appeals 430
between statutory plans and adopted layout plans 393
relevant date for determination of
existing use 37, 79
reliability of the proposed control of
TEUS 473
relics of the Second World War 512 relocation of development from one lot to
another 31, 38, 79
renewal
of planning permission 58, 79, 114 of temporary planning permission 32, 58, 62, 79, 413, 424
rent-seeking ix
repair 62, 66, 76
resident workforce 509
respondent 5
resubmission 27
resumption 36, 72
review
a substantially different submission
in the s. 17 402
applications for 8
s. 17 72
s. 17(1) 7
rezoning 28, 29, 71, 78, 107 river training 511, 518 road 36, 47, 48, 72, 78, 79
access 276
capacity 518
capacity constraint 49, 70, 76 hierarchical order 511
hierarchy 518
velocity 518
Roads (Works, Use and Compensation)
Ordinance
Chapter 370 393, 402
Route 3 159, 160
rule of law 511
rules, procedural 18
Rules of the Supreme (now High Court)
O 65 R5(1) 137
O 65 R2 137
Rural Activity Area (RAA) 190, 193 Rural and New Town Planning
Committee 5
rural environment 62, 65, 76
incompatible with 16
Rural Planning and Improvement
Strategy 193
safety 28, 31, 35, 53, 54, 71, 78
sanctions 517
scale, excessive 496 schedule
of Amendments to the OZP 44
of uses in the lease 190
scrap yards 504
Second Comprehensive Transport Study
(CTS-2), the 314
Secretary for Planning, Environment
and Lands (SPEL) 4, 206
Secretary for the Town Planning Board
4
Index
551
self-incrimination 22, 147
by making planning applications 448
self-interest 18
sentencing 503
sex discrimination 132
short-term tenancy 107, 108
3
short-term waiver 107, 281 Singapore vii
site 29, 36, 45, 64
coverage 47, 48, 72, 79
coverage calculation 48, 402 formation 514
formation works 505
of Special Scientific Interest Zones (SSSI) 8, 182, 213, 353, 356, 374 storage capacity, planned and actual 473
small house development 59, 60, 66, 67,
518
in Agricultural Zone in OZP 418 in Unspecified Use Zones in OZPS 67
Small House Policy 129, 132, 201 snapshots 151
social benefits 18, 519
socio-economic affairs 516
southeast Asia vii
Special Administrative Region viii
Special Control Areas (SCAs) 153, 182,
483
standards 18
environmental 201
published 496
statements
administrative 23
of expert 38
of policy 496
statutory
bodies ix
function 31, 71
plans 43, 497
right to make planning applications 24, 32
town planning vii
steps, all reasonable 506 storage 505
of vehicles and vehicle parts 507 statutory list of relevant considerations
515
Stream Course Diversion Works 130
structures 31
existing 76
new 31, 58, 63, 79
on-farm domestic 216 sub-area 40, 41, 71, 78
subject site becomes part of a statutory
zoning plan while application for small houses in progress 298 subjective wish 28, 68, 73 subregional Development Strategy 519 Subregional Land Use Plan 26, 39, 44,
53, 190
success and failure counts of appeals 20 supplier contractor for the government
18
Supreme Court 42 surveyors 11
swimming pool 160
Sydney City Council 511
Tai Mo Shan rock formation 419 Tai Tam Country park 512
Tai Tam Reservoir 513
Task Force (Black Spots) 473 'teaching' the applicant 'how to correct
his mistakes' 33, 49, 69, 74
temple 13
in a Residential Group (A) (R(A)) zone 467
temporary open storage
of Building Materials in Agricultural Zone 57
of construction materials in Agricultural Zones in an Outline Zoning Plan (OZP) 490
of Containers in Undetermined Use
Zones 57
or development in Residential
(Group D (R (D)) Zones 57, 448
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temporary permission 31, 32, 63
of 3-year or 1-year period 58, 79 temporary workshop 57, 448 tennis court 160
Territorial Development Strategy 26,
40, 52, 53, 519
Tertiary Planning Units (TPUs) 38, 53,