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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Hebe Haven Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Hebe Haven area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (March 24).
The Planning Scheme Area, covering about 370 hectares of land, comprises the entire coastal areas of Hebe Haven and the surrounding hillslopes. The planning intention of the area is primarily to conserve the natural landscape features and the rural character of the Area, and to promote marine-related recreational uses along the coastal front of Hebe Haven.
About 113.7 hectares, 36.7 hectares and 21.7 hectares of land are zoned "Conservation Area", "Coastal Protection Area" and "Green Belt" respectively. Besides, about 127.5 hectares in the Ma On Shan Country Park is zoned "Country Park".
Some 4.9 hectares of land is zoned "Recreation" for recreational developments to promote marine-related recreational uses.
About 25.7 hectares of land is zoned "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") for the existing Marina Cove as "OU(Residential cum Marina Development)" and for the existing public pier at Pak Sha Wan as "OU(Pier)".
About 23.7 hectares of land is zoned "Village Type Development" while 5.6 hectares and 0.9 hectare of land are zoned "Residential (Group C)" and "Residential (Group D)" respectively.
To serve the population in the Area, the existing commercial cluster near the Pak Sha Wan Public Pier of about 0.3 hectare is zoned "Commercial". Moreover, some 2.9 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" and 0.3 hectare of land is zoned "Open Space".
The approved Hebe Haven OZP No. S/SK-HH/6 is now available for public inspection during normal office hours at the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, the Planning Enquiry Counters in North Point and Sha Tin, the Sai Kung and Islands District Planning Office, the Sai Kung District Office and the Sai Kung 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, March 24, 2006
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