Last year's "Policy Address" proposed the "Northern Metropolis" development plan. The MTR "Northern Link" will be an important transportation infrastructure linking the New Territories from east to west.
Sun Hung Kai Properties, after applying to the Town Planning Board earlier to "open up" the wetland buffer zone and build nearly 10,000 residential units, plans to develop a large-scale housing estate in Ngau Tam Mei.
SHKP and Hongkong Land Holdings recently applied to the Town Planning Board to rezone the comprehensive development area in Shek Wu Wai, Yuen Long, abandoning the previously approved low-density house plan and building 28 residential buildings instead, providing nearly 14,600 units. Comparable to Kingswood Villas in Tin Shui Wai, the proposed project is adjacent to the upcoming San Tin Station of the Northern Link, adjacent to the large-scale foreign-style housing estate Fairview Garden and California Garden, but adjacent to the border of the green belt, high-density development may once again pose a threat to the green belt .
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According to the application documents of the Town Planning Board, the proposed development site is two adjoining integrated development sites located at Shek Wu Wai, Ngau Tam, Yuen Long. It is located in the south of the Egret Forest in Mai Po, adjacent to Mai Po Long Village and Shek Wu Wai New Village. , close to the border of the green belt.
The proposed development is also adjacent to San Tin Station of the MTR North Link.
The first phase of the project will provide nearly 2,000 units with a height of 45 floors
According to the document, the developer applied for rezoning one of the smaller "comprehensive development area sites" into residential areas, and will build 4 45-storey mixed-use buildings at a plot ratio of 6.5 times, including 4 blocks located in Residential buildings on non-domestic podiums, with 38 to 41 floors for domestic use, are expected to provide 1,990 units; another 5,174 square meters of private open space will be provided. This is the first phase of the project and is expected to be completed before the implementation of Xintian Station in 2027. Finish.
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The second phase of the project provides 12,000 units on the 47th floor
The second phase of development involves another application. It is also developed along the boundary of the green belt. It is also planned to develop 24 mixed-use buildings with a height of not more than 47 storeys at a plot ratio of 6.5 times, with residential floors ranging from 36 to 46 floors. , to provide 12,575 residential units and 32,695 square meters of private open space.
After the two sites are developed together, 14,565 units will be provided, nearly 5,000 units more than the Tamwei Wetland Buffer Development Project applied for last week.
The document continued that the proposed project will provide commercial facilities with a plot ratio of no more than 0.5 times to meet the daily needs of the community, as well as a neighborhood center for the elderly, a child care center, etc., and 6,200 square meters of land has been reserved for school purposes.
From low-density bungalows to high-rise buildings, new land: due to government changes in planning
Looking through the information, the relevant lot had also “crossed the border” together with the nearby green belt the year before, and applied for rezoning as a residence. The initial plan proposed to build 11,300 units, and then two plans were provided in August of the following year, including reducing the number of units. To 9,049 units and 3,980 units, but the last application was continuously extended to the end of last year, and there was no update after that.
The scale of this application can be described as a "big rebound", and it has given up "surgery" on the highly controversial green belt.
SHKP responded to the enquiry of "Hong Kong 01" and stated that the project is to be developed together with Landmark. For 28 residential buildings, the two applications for contracts involve about 14,600 units, which is in line with the highest plot ratio of 7 times for nearby residential sites.
SHKP continued to point out that the application site is a "prepared land" for which land premium has been paid. Planning permission was granted to build low-density houses as early as 2014. SHKP and Hongkong Land are currently carrying out preliminary works such as site formation and road widening.
However, the government has changed the planning of the relevant area, coupled with the latest development of the Northern Link, so SHKP and Landmark submitted new rezoning applications to increase the development density to match the government's development direction, and to leverage the benefits of the "San Tin/Lok Ma Chau Development Hub" and railways. And alleviate the problem of housing shortage.
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