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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula North Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Clear Water Bay Peninsula North area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (November 10).
The Planning Scheme Area, with a total land area of about 498 hectares, is bounded by Razor Hill and Tseung Kwan O New Town in the west, the densely wooded hillslopes in Chuk Kok and Mau Tin in the north, Clear Water Bay Country Park and Sheung Sze Wan in the south, and Ngau Mei Hoi in the east.
The general planning intention of the OZP is to conserve the undisturbed natural environment from encroachment by development, and to confine residential and village developments to the already established areas to avoid overtaxing the limited infrastructure in the Area.
Two pieces of land, totalling about 15 hectares, are zoned "Comprehensive Development Area" ("CDA") for the proposed residential development to the east of Tai Po Tsai Village and the redevelopment of ex-Shaw Brothers' Studio.
Some 37 hectares of land is zoned "Residential (Group C)" mainly to cover the existing low-rise and low-density residential developments in Silverstrand, and along Clear Water Bay Road, Ah Kung Wan Road and Hang Hau Wing Lung Road.
Another 39 hectares of land is zoned "Village Type Development" to cover the four recognized villages namely, Tai Po Tsai, Mang Kung Uk, Pan Long Wan (including Ng Fai Tin) and Sheung Yeung, as well as Pik Shui Sun Tsuen which is a non-recognized village.
The two existing retail outlets near the car park of Silverstrand Beach and at the junction of Clear Water Bay Road and Silver Cape Road are zoned "Commercial" (about 0.3 hectare) to reflect the existing retail use. An existing petrol filling station near the ex-Shaw Brothers' Studio site is zoned "Other Specified Uses" annotated "Petrol Filling Station" (about 0.2 hectare).
About 67 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" to demarcate existing and reserved sites for Government, institution or community facilities. They include the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, schools, sewage pumping stations, a proposed fire station and other community and institutional facilities to serve the needs of the local residents and/or a wider district, region or the territory.
About 1.5 hectares of land is zoned "Open Space" to cover Silverstrand Beach, the waterfront promenade at Bayside Beach and other existing and proposed open spaces.
To protect the natural landscape and ecological features of the Area, about 217 hectares of land is zoned "Conservation Area" to cover the existing undisturbed woodland and natural hillslopes. Also, for conserving the natural coastlines and sensitive coastal environment, some 22 hectares of land is zoned "Coastal Protection Area" to cover a long stretch of seashores along the eastern boundary.
Another 35 hectares of land covering the slopes adjacent to developments and along roads is zoned "Green Belt" to define the limit of development and to provide for roadside amenities.
About 45 hectares of land at the eastern hillslopes of Sheung Yeung Shan is zoned "Country Park" to reflect the part of the gazetted Clear Water Bay Country Park included in the Area.
The approved Clear Water Bay Peninsula North OZP No. S/SK-CWBN/3 is now available for public inspection during normal office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters of the Planning Department, the Sai Kung and Islands District Planning Office, the Sai Kung District Office and the Hang Hau Rural Committee.
Copies of the approved plan are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the plan can be viewed on the Town Planning Board's website at http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb.
Ends/Friday, November 10, 2006
Issued at HKT 16:50
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