The Housing Authority announced last year that it planned to demolish a total of 4 industrial buildings under its jurisdiction. In December of the same year, the Town Planning Board announced the revision of the Shatin Outline Zoning Plan, and the Fo Tan Sui Fai Factory Building was rezoned from an "industrial" zone to a "residential" zone. (Type A) 8" zone for public housing development.
The above amendments received 155 objection representations, including from environmental groups, Shatin District Councillors and tenants of Sui Fai Factory Building.
The new public housing has two blocks and can accommodate 3,700 people
However, the Planning Department stated that it does not support the relevant objections and believes that amendments should not be made in response to the relevant representations.
The meeting to consider the objection to the "Shatin Outline Zoning Plan" will be reviewed by the Town Planning Board tomorrow (22nd) and is not expected to be accepted by the Town Planning Board.
The revision of the Shatin Outline Zoning Plan mainly involves the rezoning of the Fo Tan Sui Fai Factory Building from "Industrial" to "Residential (Group A) 8", and stipulates that the building height is limited to 140 meters above the main horizontal basis.
The redevelopment project has a plot ratio of about 6.7 times. It is proposed to build two residential buildings, providing about 1,360 public housing units and a population of about 3,700 people. The estimated completion date is 2031.
High occupancy rate of industrial buildings involving traditional industries, culture and art industries
Opponents believe that the 1,360 units provided by the above-mentioned Suihui Factory Building after the reconstruction are insignificant for the supply of new housing, and they believe that the industrial building should be retained. and SMEs in the creative and arts industries, redevelopment projects will stifle industry development.
Planning Department: Loss of floor space of industrial buildings can be compensated by supply in the same district
However, the Planning Department believes that the Government is adopting a multi-pronged land supply strategy, and also points out that the HA has completed a feasibility study on the redevelopment of its factory buildings (including the Sui Fai Factory Building) for public housing use in 2021.
The Planning Department also pointed out that the internal floor area of the Sui Fai Factory Building is about 427,000 square feet, accounting for about 3 to 4% of the total industrial floor area of the entire Fotan Industrial Zone.
Therefore, the Planning Department stated that it would not accept the objection representations from environmental groups, Shatin District Councillors and the tenants of the Sui Fai Factory Building, and considered that the Outline Zoning Plan should not be revised in accordance with the representations.
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