The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Lamma Island outline zoning plan, the Town Planning Board says. It covers 1,420 hectares comprising Lamma Island and Luk Chau.

About 80% of the total area is zoned to conserve the natural environment and features of scientific interest, including 361.6 hectares of conservation area, 340.9 hectares of scientific sites, 331.7 hectares of green belt and 106.4 hectares of coastal protection area.

The approved plan provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment in the Lamma Island area.

A total of 68.4 hectares is zoned village type development and 7.7 hectares are zoned residential (group C), which is intended for low-rise and low-density developments.

About two hectares in Sok Kwu Wan near the Lamma Quarry are zoned comprehensive development area, and 6.1 hectares are designated as government, institution or community. A total of 7.5 hectares is zoned open space.

A total of 37 hectares is zoned agriculture and 111.9 hectares is zoned other specified uses, including the Lamma Power Station, and land reserved for sewage treatment works and a liquefied petroleum gas cylinder store. The Lamma Quarry site of 34.3 hectares is zoned undetermined.

The approved plan 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 the Lamma Island (South) Rural Committee.

Copies are available for sale at Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei, and the electronic version can be viewed here.