The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Clear Water Bay Peninsula South Outline Zoning Plan to conserve the natural environment.

The zone covers 425 hectares and comprises Sheung Sze Wan in the north, Clear Water Bay Country Park in the west and northeast, Clear Water Bay in the east and Tai Miu Wan in the southwest.

The general planning intention is to confine residential and village-type developments to the already established areas to avoid overtaxing the limited infrastructure in the area, and to create a suitable environment for both land-based and shore-based recreation.

A significant part covered by undisturbed woodland and natural hillslopes is zoned Conservation Area while the inter-tidal sands in Sheung Sze Wan and the long stretch of natural coastline in the eastern and southern area is zoned Coastal Protection Area. The two zones take up 190 and 36 hectares.

Another 28 hectares of densely vegetated area around the villages and along roads is zoned Green Belt to define the limit of development and to provide land for roadside amenities.

Village development

About 37 hectares is zoned Village-Type Development to cover Ha Yeung (including Mau Po, Siu Hang Hau and Leung Fai Tin), Sheung Sze Wan, Tai Hang Hau, Tai Wan Tau (including Tai Au Mun and Tsiu Wo) and Po Toi O villages, and non-recognised village Ha Yeung New Village.

Two single dwellings fronting Clear Water Bay Road to the northeast of Tai Wan Tau have been zoned Residential (Group C).

About 2.4 hectares is zoned Open Space to cover Clear Water Bay First and Second Beaches, and the two public open spaces at the Tin Hau Temple and near Po Toi O Village.

Two sites, with a total area of half a hectare, are zoned Recreation to reflect the beach related uses at the Clear Water Bay First Beach and the shore-based recreational uses near the beach in Sheung Sze Wan.

About 121 hectares of land is zoned Other Specified Uses to cover the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, and two piers at Po Toi O Village and Tai Miu Wan.

Another 2.4 hectares is zoned Government, Institution or Community to cover the Cham Shan Monastery, two homes for the aged, the Tin Hau Temple and other Government and community facilities.