-
7. SOURCES AND TYPES OF DATA
- Hong Kong University Press, HKU
- Chapter
- Additional Information
SOURCESAND TYPES OF DATA SOURCES O F PLANNING INFORMATIO N Information wa s obtaine d fro m th e plannin g applicatio n form s fo r decided s . 1 6 case s lodge d i n wit h th e Plannin g Informatio n an d Technica l Administration (PITA ) Uni t o f th e Plannin g Department , 17/F , Nort h Poin t Government Offices . Th e application form s ar e availabl e for public inspection , but the y ar e not o n loan or for sal e to the genera l public . SCOPE O F PLANNING INFORMATIO N In ou r research , a tota l o f 598 6 application s fo r 1 1 type s o f zone s wer e examined. Th e statistic s covere d al l dat a availabl e fro m th e mid-1970 s t o 3 1 December 1998 , i.e. the 'study period' (Table 7.1) . Table7. 1Type sofzone sinvestigate d Zoning Commercial/Residential11 ' ComprehensiveDevelopmen tArea111 Government/Institution/Community111 GreenBelt[1] Industrial111 OpenStorage'1 ' Recreation'2 ' Residential(A)' 1 ' Residential(B) l1i Residential(C)'11 UnspecifiedUse'3 ' Total Numberofapplication s 305 401 637 770 1728 195 1 830 250 272 597 5986 Chapter 5 9 12 11 14 10 13 J6 16 16 8 Allofthes.16applicationswithinthezonewererecorded. S.16applicationsforhote lusewithinthezonewererecorded. S.16applicationsforvillagetypehouseusewithinthezonewererecorded. 7 106 AnalysisofPlanningApplicationStatistic sbyZone:1975-199 8 For each application , th e following informatio n wa s recorded : (1) Fil e referenc e (th e fil e referenc e numbe r tha t wa s assigne d b y th e Tow n Planning Board Secretariat ) (2) Plannin g are a (th e plannin g are a tha t wa s designate d b y th e Tow n Planning Board fo r preparation o f statutory tow n plans, see (3) below) (3) Outlin e Zoning Plan/ Interim Developmen t Permissio n Area/Developmen t Permission Are a Pla n numbe r (th e number tha t appeare d o n the relevan t statutory tow n plan ) (4) Lo t number (th e lot number registere d i n the planning applicatio n form ) (5) Addres s (th e addres s o f th e sit e fo r whic h a plannin g applicatio n wa s lodged by an applicant ) (6) Applicatio n dat e (th e date a t which the plannin g applicatio n wa s receive d by the Tow n Planning Boar d Secretariat ) (7) Statu s (th e stag e o f a plannin g application , viz . s . 16 , s. 17(1 ) an d s . 17 B applications) (8) Meetin g dat e (th e dat e o f the Tow n Plannin g Boar d meetin g t o decide a n application) (9) Decision s (th e decisio n o f th e Tow n Plannin g Board : rejection , approva l without plannin g condition s o r approval with conditions ) (10) Zoning (the type o f zone specified i n the relevan t statutor y tow n plan ) (11) Applied us e (th e relevan t Colum n 2 us e o r us e unde r th e cove r page s o f the note s t o the statutor y plan ) (12) Site are a (th e gross sit e are a o f the applicant' s site ) (13) Existing gros s floor are a (th e gros s floor are a o f the buildin g that existe d on the applicant' s sit e at the dat e o f application ) (14) Gross floor are a unde r applicatio n (th e gros s floor are a o f th e buildin g proposed t o b e develope d o n th e applicant' s sit e i f approva l wa s grante d or th e are a o f th e par t o f a premises 1 fo r whic h a chang e i n us e wa s applied) (15) Previous reference/furthe r referenc e (th e fil e referenc e numbe r tha t wa s assigned t o...