Following the government's earlier rezoning of the Yuen Long Tan Kwai Village Service Reservoir for the construction of 7 skyscrapers, the Town Planning Commission has recently received a new application for rezoning two other green areas on the same hilltop to build a total of 13 residential buildings , with a maximum height of 38 floors and a total of 5,601 residential units, the proposed development is expected to be completed in 2035.
Together with the proposed public housing development nearby, the developments that have been applied for in this area involve a total of 13,000 residential units, and the estimated immigrant population will reach about 40,000, which is far larger than that of Queen's Hill, Fanling.
The Changchun News Agency stated that the government's rezoning is like sending out bad news, which makes private developers "learn from others". The current proposed development scale is large, like "leveling a mountain top", and they are more worried that developers will further follow the government's pace, and the number of applications will increase. Development restrictions such as plot ratio erode the ecological value of the area and lose the buffering role of the green belt with country parks and nature conservation areas.
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Applied for the construction of 6 residential buildings in the green area of Tong Yan San Tsuen Village, Yuen Long
One of the applications, the application site is a green belt, residential and open space in Tang Yan Xincun Village, Yuen Long, adjacent to the luxury houses Park Luan and Cai Yinxuan. The applicant intends to rezoned for residential use, with a plot ratio of 3.6 times the residential area Construct 6 residential buildings with the highest building height of 38 floors, and it is expected to provide 2,634 units.
The other application is adjacent to Dangui Village North Fresh Water Service Reservoir and Yuen Long Highway. The entire application site is a green belt, and it is planned to be rezoned as residential. It also develops 7 residential buildings with a plot ratio of 3.6 times. The tallest building is With 30 floors, it is expected to provide 2,967 residential units.
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The two application projects will provide about 6,585 square meters and about 7,420 square meters of commercial and supporting facilities, as well as 4,120 square meters of covered traffic parking, so as to develop into a "balanced and self-sufficient community."
Applicant: In line with the constantly updated land planning nearby
The applicant stated that the proposed rezoning application can positively respond to the government’s recent policy commitment to review the “green belt” land for housing development, and specifically mentioned that the government has rezoned part of the same green belt for public development purposes. This application is in line with the constantly updated land plan in the vicinity.
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According to the satellite images of Google Maps, Dangui Village, where the application is located, is still a hill covered with green trees. Except for the two service reservoirs in the south and north of Dangui Village, no development has been seen yet.
According to the information, the Civil Engineering and Development Office recently applied to the Town Planning Commission to develop the former green belt south of the Dangui Village South Fresh Water Service Reservoir, and to apply for an increase in the plot ratio in order to build seven skyscrapers with a maximum height of 60 floors. 7,250 units are available.
The government also plans to build a service reservoir in the middle of the two applications, which means that there will be a lot of construction work in the Dangui Village area.
Changchun Society: Increasing the land area ratio of the application site is worrying about encroaching on the ecology of the area
Zhou Aiquan, public affairs director of the Changchun Society, said that the government had earlier applied to increase the plot ratio of the proposed public housing site in Dangui Village. The criticism was like sending a bad message to the developer, making the developer follow the steps of the government and apply for the site in the ecologically sensitive The large-scale construction projects in the area are worried about the cumulative impact, and even more worried that the developer will "follow the example" and further increase the plot ratio of the application site, which will damage the ecology of the area.
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She continued that the two applications this time involved a total of 5,601 residential units, together with the 7,250 public housing units that the government plans to develop. There will be a total of 12,851 residential units in this area, and it is estimated that there will be three people living in one unit. Nearly 40,000 people will move in, which will increase the load on the area. The proposed public and private development plans far exceed the 8,865 units in Queen's Mountain Village, Fanling.
It is worth noting that Zhou Aiquan quoted the government’s review of the green belt with housing development potential in 2014. In addition to the land south of the distribution reservoir that has been indicated to be developed, another site is believed to be on the same hill. He believes that the approach is similar to " Level it up into a mountain", making this green belt lose its buffering effect.
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