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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Lam Tei and Yick Yuen Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Lam Tei and Yick Yuen area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (March 24).
The Planning Scheme Area of the Lam Tei and Yick Yuen OZP covers about 532 hectares of land and is situated in the north of the Tuen Mun New Town.
An area of about 0.7 hectare near San Hing Tsuen is zoned "Commercial" to provide commercial and shopping facilities to the local residents. Two sites, one near Lam Tei Tsuen and the other near Fuk Hang Tsuen, totalling about 7 hectares are zoned "Comprehensive Development Area" to facilitate comprehensive development/redevelopment for residential use with the provision of commercial, open space and any other supporting facilities.
Areas designated for residential developments are mainly located adjacent to Castle Peak Road and Fuk Hang Tsuen Road. About 15 hectares of areas are zoned "Residential (Group B)" and 17.5 hectares zoned "Residential (Group C)".
Areas surrounding Tsoi Yuen Tsuen and Fuk Hang Tsuen, as well as an area to the north-east of Tsing Chuen Wai, with 33.5 hectares in total, are zoned "Residential (Group D)" to facilitate residential upgrading of the existing temporary domestic accommodation.
About 11.5 hectares of land to the south-west of San Hing Tsuen are zoned "Residential (Group E)" to encourage phasing out of existing industrial uses.
About 103 hectares of land in the existing recognised villages and areas considered suitable for village expansion are zoned "Village Type Development".
About 9 hectares and 2.5 hectares of land are zoned "Government, Institution or Community" and "Open Space" respectively to serve local and district needs.
Three sites totalling close to 30 hectares are zoned "Other Specified Uses" annotated for the respective uses currently on site, namely quarry, refuse transfer station and petrol filling stations.
The rest of the area is undeveloped land which is either zoned "Green Belt" or "Conservation Area", taking up about 132 hectares and 152 hectares respectively.
The approved OZP No. S/TM-LTYY/6 is 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 Tuen Mun and Yuen Long District Planning Office, the Tuen Mun District Office and the Tuen Mun 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
Issued at HKT 16:10
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