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The Chief Executive in Council approved the draft Chek Lap Kok Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
"The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the airport island at Chek Lap Kok," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (May 19).
The Planning Scheme Area of the OZP, covering about 1,273 hectares, is located off the north shore of Lantau Island.
A total area of 1,077.8 hectares is zoned "Other Specified Uses" for specific uses, including "Airport" (880.9 hectares), "Airport Service Area" (138 hectares), "Business Park" (44.7 hectares), and "Pier" (14.2 hectares).
An area of 118.4 hectares is zoned "Commercial" to provide an aesthetically pleasant working environment for airport-related enterprises and other business activities that require prominent and accessible locations on the airport island.
Some 12.3 hectares of land is zoned "Government, Institution or Community" to provide accommodation for a range of government and community facilities to support the airport operation and serve the needs of other developments on the airport island.
About 21.3 hectares of land is zoned "Green Belt" to preserve the existing natural landscape at the knoll in the south-eastern fringe of the area. It provides a visual and environmental buffer between the airport development and the new town development in Tung Chung.
A narrow strip of land of 3.1 hectares along the eastern coast of the area is zoned "Coastal Protection Area" to preserve the natural coastal landscape.
The approved Chek Lap Kok OZP No. S/I-CLK/10 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 & Islands District Planning Office, the Islands District Office and its Mui Wo Sub-office and Tung Chung Sub-office.
Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the plan is viewable from the Town Planning Board's website at http://www.info.gov.hk/tpb.
Ends/Friday, May 19, 2006
Issued at HKT 15:05
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