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Furongshan Green Belt, Tsuen Wan, applies for building private buildings, involving 608 gangs: the government intends to rezon and send bad news

2022-12-23T09:00:38.030Z


In October, the Development Bureau announced a new round of "Green Belt" review site selection, identifying 8 sites with a land area of ​​about 255 hectares, and it is expected that 70,000 residential units can be built. One of the selected sites is Furong Hill in Tsuen Wan, which covers an area of ​​about 5.5 hectares. There are developers near


In October, the Development Bureau announced a new round of "Green Belt" review site selection, identifying 8 sites with a land area of ​​about 255 hectares, and it is expected that 70,000 residential units can be built. One of the selected sites is Furong Hill in Tsuen Wan, which covers an area of ​​about 5.5 hectares.

A developer recently took the lead in submitting an application to rezon the green belt and rural development land of Furong Mountain into residential land. It plans to build two residential buildings and one residential care home for the elderly. It is expected to provide 608 units.


The Changchun Society said that it is rare for developers to apply for rezoning of green belts for development, especially in Tsuen Wan District, which is also a rare high-density development in Furong Mountain. They are worried that it will open up development gaps and attract more developers to neighboring green areas. The area is "cut" and affects the ecology of the area.

The Changchun News Agency criticized the government for revealing that it intends to release the relevant green belts, which is sending bad news, worrying that more sensitive areas will be "undercut".


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The application site for the "Green Belt" building is located in Furong Mountain, at the foot of Tai Mo Shan Country Park, adjacent to Mu Mian Xia Village, Zhu Mu Zen Temple, and also under Chuan Long, which is proposed to be developed into a resort hotel. The site area is 11,574 square meters , most of which are green belts.

According to the document, there are some dilapidated squatters and temporary buildings on the application site.

The applicant plans to build two residential buildings with a height of 19 to 21 floors

The document shows that the applicant intends to build two residential buildings next to Furongshan Road, with a height of 19 to 21 floors and a building height of 135.7 to 146 meters on the main horizontal datum. It is expected to provide 608 units. The ground floor of the two buildings All have clubhouses; and a 7-storey residential care home for the elderly will be built at the rear of the residence, which is expected to provide 328 beds.

The applicant pointed out that the application can effectively develop the "green belt", increase the supply of land and housing with a better living environment, and can replace the existing dilapidated squatter huts and temporary buildings, improving the living environment nearby.

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According to the information, the Development Bureau announced the site selection for the third round of "Green Belt" review in October this year. Among them, Furong Hill in Tsuen Wan occupies the smallest area. It is expected that the first batch of rezoning will be completed no later than 2024.

Changchun Society: If Furong Mountain is built with more than 20 floors, it will affect the ecology

Zhou Aiquan, public affairs director of Changchun Society, said that the area where the application is being applied is mainly low-density development. This time, the development density is more than 20 floors, providing more than 600 units. If the application is approved this time, it will be a rare high in Furongshan The dense development of buildings will bring a burden to the adjacent ecology, and may even become an excuse for the "normalization" of adjacent development in the future, and may even spread to the border of Tai Mo Shan Country Park.

Zhou Aiquan, Director of Public Affairs of Changchun Society (right).

(File photo/Photo by Lin Yingxian)

She continued to point out that although it is unknown whether the location of this application overlaps with the green belt that the government intends to release, after the government announced the location of the potential green belt, within just two months, a consortium submitted a paper application, showing that The government's move is to send a bad message to developers, so that developers will take advantage of this "opportunity" to "strike" sensitive areas, worrying that green belts will eventually become the same as wetlands and become development targets.

It is rare for private developers to propose rezoning

She specifically mentioned that the general rezoning of green belts is led by the government, and this time it is relatively rare for private developers to apply for rezoning on their own.

She checked the information of the Planning Department and found that in the past 10 years, there were only 6 applications for rezoning green belts by private developers. Compared with the 48 green belt rezoning applications applied by the government, the proportion is relatively small. Self-withdrawal. The last time the application was similar in scale to this one was in 2018 near the Shatin Service Reservoir. The application was eventually rejected.

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