Town Planning Practice: Context, Procedures and Statistics for Hong Kong

9. COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA ZONES

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AREA ZONES GENERAL BACKGROUN D The 'Comprehensiv e Developmen t Area ' (CDA ) zonin g wa s originall y know n as 'Othe r Us e (Composit e Redevelopmen t Area)' , whic h wa s firs t introduce d in th e 1970 s t o cove r al l stree t blocks . Th e intentio n o f thi s zonin g wa s t o ensure tha t th e lan d zone d would be redeveloped i n a comprehensiv e fashion . In a 'CDA ' zone, there wa s n o Colum n 1 or always permitte d use . This mean s that an y type of new development o r redevelopment need s planning approvals . An example i s shown in Table 9.1. Pursuant t o section 4A(2) of the Town Planning Ordinance, a n applicatio n for permissio n fo r developmen t o n lan d designate d 'Comprehensiv e Development Area' should include a Master Layout Plan (MLP) for the approva l of the Tow n Plannin g Board . Th e ML P shoul d indicat e therei n th e followin g information: (a) th e area s o f proposed lan d use s an d th e nature , position , dimension s an d heights o f all buildings t o be erected o n the are a (b) th e propose d tota l gros s floo r area s (GFA ) fo r variou s use s an d th e tota l number o f flats an d flat size s where applicabl e (c) th e detail s an d exten t o f 'G/IC, a s wel l a s recreationa l facilities , parkin g spaces, and ope n space to be provided within the are a (d) th e alignment , width s an d level s o f any road s propose d t o be constructe d within the are a (e) th e landscaping proposal s within th e are a (f) programme s o f building development i n detai l (g) a n environmenta l impac t assessmen t repor t t o examin e an y possibl e environmental problem s tha t ma y b e cause d t o o r b y th e propose d development, an d th e propose d mitigatio n measure s t o tackle the m (h) othe r informatio n a s may be required b y the Town Plannin g Boar d 9 116฀ Analysis฀of฀Planning฀Application฀Statistic s฀by฀Zone:฀1975-199 8฀ A cop y o f the approve d ML P shal l b e mad e availabl e fo r publi c inspectio n a t no cost in accordanc e with sectio n 4A(3 ) of the Town Planning Ordinance. Fo r more information , th e reade r shoul d refe r t o the followin g set s o f Town Boar d Guidelines: (a) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Designation of 'Comprehensive Development Area' ('CDA') Zones and Monitoring the Progress of 'CDA' Developments under Section 16 of the Town Planning Ordinance; an d (b) Town Planning Board Guidelines for Submission of Master Layout Plan under Section 4(A) of the Town Planning Ordinance. Table฀9. 1฀A n฀exampl e฀o f฀Colum n฀1 ฀an d฀Colum n฀2 ฀use s฀withi n฀a ฀Comprehensiv e฀ Development฀Are a฀zon e฀ Column฀1 ฀uses฀always฀permitte d฀ Column฀2฀uses฀that฀may฀be฀permitted฀with฀o r฀ without฀condition s฀on฀application฀to฀the฀Tow n฀ Planning฀Board฀ ancillary฀car฀park฀ bank฀ barbershop฀ beauty฀parlou r฀ clinic/polyclinc฀ commercial฀bathhous e฀ educational฀institutio n฀ fast฀food฀sho p฀ flat฀ government฀refus e฀collection฀poin t฀ government฀us e฀(not฀elsewhere฀specified )฀ hotel฀ market฀ mass฀transit฀vent฀shaft฀or฀other฀structure฀abov e฀ ground฀leve l฀other฀than฀entranc e฀ money฀exchang e฀ off-course฀bettin g฀centre฀ office฀ pawn฀shop฀ petrol-filling฀statio n฀ photographic฀studi o฀ pier฀ place฀of฀public฀entertainmen t฀ place฀of฀recreation,฀sports฀or฀culture฀ police฀reporting฀centr e฀ post฀offic e฀ private฀club฀ private฀swimming฀poo l฀ public฀car฀park฀ public฀convenienc e฀ public฀librar y฀ public฀transport฀terminus฀or฀station฀ public฀utility฀installatio n฀ religious฀institutio n฀ restaurant฀ Comprehensive฀Developmen t฀Area฀Zones฀11 7฀ retail฀shop฀ school฀ service...