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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1992

EARLY то EVALUATE

LAND

AND OWNERS FOR PLANNING SOARD

HOWEVER, MR EASON SAID IT WAS A LITTLE TOO

OF THE NEW PROVISIONS, SINCE

PLANNING THE TOWN

THE EFFECTIVENESS

ΤΟ OPERATORS COULD APPLY PERMISSION TO USE LAND NOT ZONED FOR OPLN STORAGE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

"

"THEY CAN ALSO SEEK A RLVIEW AND APPEAL IF ARE NOT APPROVED, HE ADDED.

THEIR APPLICATIONS

PUBLI

NEVERTHELESS, HE SAID THE NEW PROVISIONS HAD AT PRESENT COME TO

OF

AND DETECTING ATTENTION AND WERE HELPING THE PROCESS

OPEN CONTROLLING NEW UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT AND CONTAINER AND OTHER STORAGE ON AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PREVENTING THE PROBLEM WORSENING.

"THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR PROGRESS

"I HE SAID. REPORT TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD,

AND

WHICH HAD SQ FAR

USES STORAGE

WERE

WITHIN THE 31 DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION AREAS OF UNAUTHORISED OPEN

BEEN DESIGNATED, 53 CASES DETECTED, AND 232 WARNING LETTERS WERE ISSUED.

THE ISSUED.

IN SOME CASES THE UNAUTHORISED USES CEASED UPON RECEIPT OF WARNING LETTERS; AND ONLY EIGHT ENFORCEMENT NOTICES HAD TO BE IN 16 CASES PLANNING PERMISSION WAS SOUGHT.

AND THE

ON WHETHER THE BUILDINGS AND

DEPARTMENTS LANDS

AND RESOURCES ΤΟ ENFORCE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAVE SUFFICIENT STAFF THE SAID LEGISLATION, MR BASON SAID BOTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE

NEW ARE CREATING NEW POSTS TO SUPPORT APPLICATION OF THE

AND INTENDED SINCE THEIR ENACTMENT IN JANUARY LAST YEAR; MORE POSTS NEXT YEAR.

CREATED OR PROVISIONS TO CREATE

"THE NEED TO ALLOCATE MORE STAFF RESOURCES TO THIS TASK IŠ KEPT NECESSARY, AS USUAL IN THE UNDER REVIEW AND WILL BE CONSIDERED IF

BE MADE LIGHT OF OTHER PRIORITIES AND THE OVERALL LIMITS ON WHAT CAN AVAILABLE.

ARE

RESOURCES PROVIDED SO FAR "IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE

MR EASON ADDED. SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN CURRENT LEVELS OF ENFORCEMENT,

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LDC INSPECTS ACQUIRED BUILDINGS REGULARLY

THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGULARLY INSPECTS BUILDINGS UNTIL THRY IT HAS ACQUIRED AND GENERALLY WILL KEEP THEM UNDER REPAIR ARE REDEVELOPED.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR YEUNG SUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

AND

THE HON

MR EASON SAID WHERE THEIR CONDITION WARRANTED IT, BUILDINGS, WITHOUT ONCE VACATED, WOULD BE DEMOLISHED PROVIDED THIS COULD BE DONE AFFECTING ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

/MR EASON