The Buildings Department approved 26 building plans in November - 13 on Hong Kong Island, six in Kowloon and seven in the New Territories. Six were for apartment and apartment-commercial developments, 11 for commercial developments, and nine for community-services developments.

Consent was given for work to start on 16 building projects that, when completed, will provide 60,539 square metres of gross floor area for domestic use, involving 484 units, and 31,044 square metres of gross floor area for non-domestic use.

The department received notice work started on 10 building projects and it issued 14 occupation permits - four on Hong Kong Island, five in Kowloon and five in the New Territories. Of the buildings certified for occupation, the gross floor area for domestic use was 70,308 square metres, involving 592 units, and 60,466 square metres for non-domestic use.

The declared cost of the new buildings completed in November totalled $2.4 billion.

The department issued six demolition consents involving six structures, received 1,980 complaints against unauthorised building works, and issued 1,271 removal orders on unauthorised works.