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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

546

house 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

Index

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

Index

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,