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Land and building committee discusses development procedures
The Land and Building Advisory Committee (LBAC) today (Monday) discussed the procedures a development proposal had to go through and the time required for each procedure.
Members were of the view that the processing of simple and minor applications by the Town Planning Board should be simplified and expedited. They also expressed concern about the time taken by the departments to comment on building plans under Buildings Department's Centralised Processing System.
Members were briefed on Part 1 and Part 2 of the Final Technical Report on Territorial Development Strategy Review-1995 (TDSR).
The primary goal of TDSR was to establish a broad, long term land use- transport-environmental planning framework to enable Hong Kong to continue to grow as a regional and international city and become a better place in which to live and work.
Part
of the Report was the culmination of a series of inter-connected studies to provide an overview of development trends in the wider region, the hub functions of Hong Kong and key issues that call for ongoing debate and examination.
Within this context, Part 2 covered:
the general review processes,
explanations of the generation of development scenarios,
assessment of sectoral land use demands,
analyses of environmental conditions and transport systems,
an estimation of strategic development needs,
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(b)
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the steps involved in formulating and evaluating strategic development options, and
(h)
the setting out of principles for formulating and testing of a series of Preferred Options.
the identification of potential solution spaces,
The Preferred Options would be assessed in Part 3 of the Review which would be made available at a later stage.