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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) . Table฀7. 1฀Type s฀of฀zone s฀investigate d฀ Zoning฀ Commercial/฀Residential11 '฀ Comprehensive฀Developmen t฀Area111฀ Government/Institution/Community111฀ Green฀Belt[1]฀ Industrial111฀ Open฀Storage'1 '฀ Recreation'2 '฀ Residential฀(A)' 1 '฀ Residential฀(B) l1i฀ Residential฀(C)'11฀ Unspecified฀Use'3 '฀ Total฀ Number฀of฀application 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฀ All฀of฀the฀s.16฀applications฀within฀the฀zone฀were฀recorded.฀ S.฀16฀applications฀for฀hote l฀use฀within฀the฀zone฀were฀recorded.฀ S.฀16฀applications฀for฀village฀type฀house฀use฀within฀the฀zone฀were฀recorded.฀ 7฀ 106฀ Analysis฀of฀Planning฀Application฀Statistic s฀by฀Zone:฀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...

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