Last year's "Policy Address" proposed to further increase the number of transitional housing units to 20,000 units.
The Town Planning Board has recently received an application to build five transitional houses on farmland near Cai Yuen Village (South), Wangtai Shan, Yuen Long, which will provide 607 units to accommodate 1,500 people. It is expected that the project will be completed next year and can operate for 7 years to 2030.
The application documents show that the site is located at the junction of Leung Shing Road and Kam Tin Road, Pat Heung, Yuen Long, and is located in the south of Caiyuan Village (South) in Wangtaishan. It is now agricultural land. It is proposed to build five 4-storey transitional buildings with a plot ratio of 1.222 times. The housing cluster, to provide 607 units, is expected to accommodate 1,500 people with a total gross floor area of approximately 14,500 square meters.
According to the document, the project will also build ancillary facilities at a plot ratio of 0.134, including community retail facilities and restaurants in the form of community centers, convenience stores, retail stores, etc., and will provide open space, bicycle racks and sewage treatment plants to meet the daily needs of residents. need.
The project is expected to be completed next year and will operate for seven years to 2030.
The applicant pointed out that the application site is well-connected, with 4 franchised bus routes and a green minibus route via Kam Tin Road, and believes that the proposed development can provide immediate assistance to families in need.
The document also emphasized that the agricultural land involved has also been idle for a long time, and the adjacent high-speed rail Shek Kong train parking lot and emergency rescue station, village houses, temporary structures and public car parks are not used for agricultural purposes. It is believed that the proposed development can make good use of the idle land. , and the transitional housing is only temporary, and will not violate the planning intention of the agricultural zone in the long run.
Looking through the information, the application project is located on private land, and it is a transitional housing project that is "under discussion".
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