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Year

Figure 2.1

A Comparison of s. 16 Planning Applications Considered by the Town Planning Board in 1990–1996

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Number of Applications

100

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90

72

80

(74%)

70

60

59

(62%)

(38%)

60

50

40

33

(70%)

32

(33%)

24

23

30

(58%)

(25%)

20

20

13

9

8

(28%

10

(224)

(20%)

(2%)

0

1990

1991

1992

(1%)

INIUMI

89

(57%)

Approved

Rejected

Deferred

63 62

(48%) (48%)

74

(73%)

25

(25%)

8

5

(5%)

2

(5%)

(4%)

2%)

1993

1994

1995

1996

Year

Figure 2.2 A Comparison of s. 17(1) Review Applications Considered by the Town Planning

Board in 1990-1996

There are altogether 50 cases covered in this book. The geographical distribution of the appeal cases is shown in Table 2.1. In terms of geographic coverage, the majority, i.e. 40 cases (80%), arose from the New Territories; 6 (12%) from Kowloon and 4 (6%) from Hong Kong Island. Of the 39 New Territories cases, 6 (15%) arose from new towns and 33 (85%) from the rural New Territories.

Zoning of the appeal sites concerned is depicted in Table 2.2. There were a total of 26 (52%) cases arising from Unspecified Use Zones; 7 (14%) cases arose from Industrial Zones; 3 (6%) from Residential (Group A) Zones; 2 (4%) from each of the following: Comprehensive Development Area (CDA), Residential (Group B), Residential (Group C), Government, Institution and Community and Agriculture Zones; and 1 (2%) each from Undetermined, Residential (Group D), Village Type Development, Open Storage, and Site of Special Scientific Interest Zones. One case dealt only with procedural matters and no land use issue was invoked.

The List of Cases gives an annotated summary of the nature of the use under appeal. In terms of their nature, 2 cases dealt with industrial plot ratios prescribed in OZP, 5 with office use within Industrial Zones, 1 with fast food shop in Industrial Zones, 2 with residential plot ratio prescribed in OZP, 2 involving building plans, 4 land resumption, 3 development on Crown

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land, 2 CDA and master layout plans, 2 development in G/IC Zones, 4 small houses, 2 office/commercial development in R(A) Zones, 7 open storage uses, 1 conversion of parking spaces into retail uses, 1 parking space and columbarium uses, 10 residential development in 'Unspecified Use' Zones, 5 workshops in 'Unspecified Use' Zones, 5 warehouses in 'unspecified use' zones, 2 development in Green Belts, and 2 petrol filling stations.

Table 2.1 The Geographical Distribution of Planning Appeal Cases

Location of Planning Appeal Sites

New Territories (NT)

NT

Case No.

Case Name

Hong Kong Kowloon

Island

New Towns

Rural

NWNT

Rural

NENT

Rural SENT

Rural

Total

SWNT

1991

1

Alticosmic

X

X

1992

2

Conduit Road.

X

3

Wo Yi Hop Road

X

X

14

Sung Dynasty City

X

X

15

OTB

X

X

7

Full Look

X

X

8

Yuen To-shing

X

X

19

Yuen Shu-ling

X

X

10

Treasure Base

X

X

12

Good Luck

X

13

Pak Kong

X

X

14

On Luk Tong

X

15

Ultra Force

X

X

18

Kingspeed Engineering

X

X

19

Kun Kee Motor

X

X

1993

2

Bowen Road

X

4

Treasure Base

X

X

15

Treasure Base

X

X

11

Shell Hong Kong

X

X

12

Yook Tong Estate

X

13

Henderson

X

X

14

Yiu Cho Investment

X

16

Naturaluck

X

17

Shun Fat Container

X

X

19

Ever Need

X

X

1994

1

|Tang Sai Hung

X

X

2

|So Cho Cheung

X

X

5

Tong Kam Wong

X

X

6

Ng Siu Wing

X

X

9

Lee Yiu Kam

X

X

10

Sun Link Properties

X

X

11

Wong Yee Fai (1)

X

X

12

Lai Sun Development

X

14

1995

2

5

Planet Universal

7

Sanyear Investment

Charming City

Delight World

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

Yin Ning Savings

X

X

16

Arzginano Leather

X

X

18

Jetway Civil

X

X

19

Lo Kwok-wai

X

X

21

Cheung Hing Lung

X

X

22

Lucky Gain

X

126

Wong Yee Fai (2)

X

X

28

Fine Tower

X

1996

1

Yolanda Fan

X

4

Container System

X

X

8

Leung Wing-nin

X

X

12

Rightlane_Investment

X

1997

1

Connie Law Yuk Wah

X

X

Total

50

8

3

6

21

8

4

0

39

100%

16%

6%

12%

42%

16%

8%

0%

78%

NWNT = Northwestern New Territories NENT = Northeastern New Territories

SENT

Southeastern New Territories

SWNT = Southwestern New Territories

C

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Table 2.2 The Zoning of Appeal Sites

Zoning In IDPA/DPA Plans / OZPs

Case No.

Case Name

1991

1

Allicosmic

1992

2

Conduit Road

3

Wo Yi Hop Road

14

Sung Dynasty City

X

5

OTB

7

Full Look

8

Yuen To-shing

9

Yuen Shu-ling

CDA lou U

Unspecified

C

C/R R(A) R(B) R(C) R(D) GIC V

jos

AGR GB b

SSSI Procedure

use

(IDPA/DPA)

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10

|Treasure Base (1)

X

12

Good Luck

X

13

Pak Kong

X

14

On Luk Tong

X

15

Ultra Force

X

18

Kingspeed Engineering

X

19

Kun Kee Motor

X

1993

2

Bowen Road

X

14

Treasure Base (2)

X

15

Treasure Base (2)

X

11

Shell Hong Kong

X

12

Yook Tong Estate

13

Henderson

X

X

X

14

Yiu Cho Investment

X

16

Naturaluck

X

17

Shun Fat Container

X

19

Ever Need

X

1994

1

Tang Sai Hưng

X

12

So Cho Cheung

X

X

15

Tong Kam Wong

X

16

Ng Siu Wing

X

9

Lee Yiu Kam

X

10

Sun Link Properties

X

11

Wong Yee Fai (1)

X

12

Lai Sun Development

X

14

Sanyear Investment

X

1995

2

[Charming City

X

5

Planet Universal

X

7

Delight World

X

8

Yin Ning Savings

X

16

Arzginano Leather

X

18

Jetway Civil

X

X

19

Lo Kwok-wai

Χ

21

|Cheung Hing Lung

X

22

Lucky Gain

26

Wong Yee Fai (2)

X

28

Fine Tower

X

1996

1

Yolanda Fan

X

14

Container System

X

18

Leung Wing-nin

X

12

Rightlane Investment

X

1997

1

Connie Law Yuk Wah

X

Total

50

2

0

1

26

7

0

0

3

2

2

1

2