The government put forward the "Land Sharing Pilot Scheme" in its 2019 policy address, and received its first application more than a year later.
The project was applied by Nan Fung Development Co., Ltd. It is located on Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, adjacent to Tai Po Industrial Estate.
4 of the projects become government land and involve green belt land.
Chen Jianqing, a member of the Local Research Institute, pointed out that the practice of involving 40% of government land is unusual, and that the government needs to be responsible for infrastructure projects, thinking that the project is "stupid."
He pointed out that it would be better if the government used the "Land Resumption Ordinance" to retake land for the development of public housing, and it could also lead the planning of the district.
He also pointed out that the location of the application project is difficult to develop, coupled with the serious traffic congestion on Ting Kok Road, which he described as a "pig skull".
The first application for the Land Sharing Pilot Scheme involves 40% of government land.
The land in the gray area in the picture is private land.
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The application project involves 140,000 square feet of official land
The application for the first "Land Sharing Pilot Scheme" was submitted by Nan Fung Development Co., Ltd. The project is located on Ting Kok Road, Tai Po, adjacent to Tai Po Industrial Estate.
According to the information, the application site occupies about 31,921 square meters, or 343,000 square feet, of which 13,183 square meters, or about 141,000 square feet, are government land, which means that about 4 are government land.
Adjacent land redevelopment was rejected by the Town Planning Board: Worry becomes a bad precedent
The land involved in the project is the "green belt". According to the planning department, it is adjacent to site B of the proposed project, that is, the lot used for private housing. It has applied to the Town Planning Board for housing purposes. At that time, it was planned to build four 2-storey residential buildings.
However, the Town Planning Board rejected the rezoning application at that time, saying that the "green belt" was meant to restrict urban development and provide recreational facilities. It believed that the proposed development did not meet the relevant planning uses. At that time, it also pointed out that if the application was approved, it might become a development The bad precedent of "Taking" believes that it will have a bad impact on traffic and damage the natural environment of the area.
The first application for land sharing involved land (location in the red frame), which was adjacent to the location (location in the blue frame) that was rejected by the Town Planning Commission for rezoning.
Adjacent to the proposed development site of Wheelock House in Tung Tsz, Tai Po
In addition, the project site for this application is close to Tung Tsz, Tai Po, where the developer Association Tak Fung proposed to develop public and private housing earlier.
At that time, the project caused controversy, and the University of Education also said that it was worried that the development would damage the natural environment of the area, and Wheelock eventually withdrew the application.
The land near the applied project is also mainly green belt.
The two sites are located on Tingjiao Road. According to the application materials, the project is expected to accommodate 4,696 people.
However, after looking up the information, the traffic congestion on Ting Kok Road has always been a culprit, and there are frequent traffic queues on holidays.
Wheelock had applied for the rezoning of a green area of more than 870,000 square feet in Tung Tsz, Tai Po.
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Chen Jianqing: If the land resumption regulations are used to develop better
Chen Jianqing, a research member of the Local Research Institute, pointed out that the "Land Sharing Pilot Project" only requires developers to level up the land, while the government is responsible for infrastructure construction. In addition, 4 of this project has become government land. He thinks the practice is unusual and even "stupid". ".
He continued that the development of the project is led by the developer to allocate the location for the development of public housing. He believes that it would be better for the government to acquire land for development under the Land Resumption Ordinance and it can also lead the planning.
Chen Jianqing, a researcher at the Local Research Institute, believes that the government should use the "Land Resumption Ordinance" to retake land for the development of public housing, which can lead planning.
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High vegetation density and environmental value
He also pointed out that the high vegetation density of the "green belt" involved in the project site means that it is difficult to develop and has a certain environmental value; and the long-term traffic congestion on Ting Kok Road and the recent opening of Lung Mei Beach are expected to be traffic in the future. Even worse, "(land) uses pig skulls that are not available." As the developer proposed to propose traffic improvement measures at multiple road junctions, Chen Jianqing worried that after the government "opened the road", it would "pave the way" for the future development of the Tai Po green belt. .
The land sharing pilot project received its first application and plans to develop private (red circle on the right) or public sector (red circle on the left) in two sites.
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The first application for the land sharing plan involves a thousand units of public housing or the first home purchase only accounts for 3.8% of the long-term plan's one-year target. The pilot land sharing plan receives the first application for Nan Fung to choose the Tai Po green belt to build a thousand units of public housing. Apply for the conversion from agricultural land to cultivated land as soon as 4 years
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