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Cheung Chau's rural, low-rise low-density character, car-free environment and the natural landscape will be preserved while additional outlets for countryside recreation will be provided, the Town Planning Board says.
The general urban design concept for Cheung Chau is to concentrate commercial uses and major community facilities around the ferry pier, with the higher-density developments in the central lowland, it adds.
The new draft Outline Zoning Plan for Cheung Chau, which covers a land area of about 244 hectares and the 63-hectare typhoon shelter, is published today. Any one affected by the Plan can submit a written objection to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before August 18.
According to the Plan, lower-density developments will concentrate on the upland and in the peripheral and more visually prominent areas. Also, waterfront promenades are provided and a comprehensive network of footpaths and emergency vehicular access routes would connect various parts of the island.
About 0.3 hectare of land is zoned "Commercial" for commercial developments, which include Warwick Hotel and an existing commercial building.
Existing village areas to be retained
About 8.2 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group A)" which cover two rural public housing estates and a private residential development near Cheung Chau Park.
About 12.5 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group C)" for low-rise, low-density residential developments compatible with the rural character of Cheung Chau.
Another 2.2 hectares of land are zoned "Residential (Group D)" primarily intended for improvement and upgrading of the existing village blocks which are generally obsolete and lack adequate provision of infrastructure and utility services.
To provide land for the retention of the existing village areas which are mainly concentrated in the central lowland of Cheung Chau, about 29.9 hectares of land are zoned "Village Type Development".
About 17.8 hectares of land are zoned "Government, Institution or Community" to provide land for facilities serving the needs of the local residents and/or a wider district.
Recreational developments protected
In addition, about 11.7 hectares of land are zoned "Open Space" and 8.4 hectares are zoned "Recreation" to provide land for outdoor open-air public space and recreational developments for the use of the general public.
About 13 hectares of land designated for specific uses such as beach-related leisure uses, cemetery, sewerage treatment works, an ice-making plant, shipyard and ship repairing workshop, and pier are zoned "Other Specified Uses".
About 111.5 hectares of land covering the hill slopes and upland with natural vegetation are zoned "Green Belt", and 22.7 hectares of the natural coasts and sensitive coastal natural environment are zoned "Coastal Protection Area".
Plans available for public inspection
The draft Cheung Chau OZP No. S/I-CC/1 is available for public inspection during normal office hours at the following locations:
* Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, 15th Floor, North Point Government Offices, 333 Java Road, North Point;
* Lantau & Islands District Planning Office, 15th Floor, Sha Tin Government Offices, 1 Sheung Wo Che Road, Sha Tin;
* Islands District Office, 20th Floor, Harbour Building, 38 Pier Road, Central;
* Islands District Office, Mui Wo Sub-office, Ground Floor, Mui Wo Government Offices, 2 Ngan Kwong Wan Road, Mui Wo; and
* Cheung Chau Rural Committee, 2 Church Road, Cheung Chau.
Copies of the draft Cheung Chau OZP are available for sale at 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.
Kwu Tung North plan referred back for changes
The approved Kwu Tung North Outline Zoning Plan has been referred back to the Town Planning Board for amendments, so as to reflect the latest land use proposals in that area.
The amended plan will be displayed for public inspection.
The Kwu Tung North OZP was last approved by the Chief Executive in Council on February 22, 2000.
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