SECTION 16 PLANNING APPLICATION TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE (CAP. 131) PROPOSED OPEN SPACE WITH PUBLIC VEHICLE PARK AT YEN CHOW STREET WEST, SHAM SHUI PO - Supplementary Planning Statement - CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 2 SITE CONTEXT 2.1 Site Location 2.2 Land Status and Existing Land Uses 2.3 Surrounding Land Uses 2.4 Accessibility 2.5 Development Constraints 3 PLANNING CONTEXT 3.1 Statutory Planning Context 3.2 Non-Statutory Planning Context 3.3 Planning History 4 DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL 4.1 Purpose of the Proposed Development 4.2 Automated Parking System 4.3 Conceptual Landscape Design 4.4 Development Programme 5 PLANNING JUSTIFICATIONS 5.1 Policy Support for APS Pilot Project 5.2 Implementation of Government Policy Objectives of ‘Single Sites, Multiple Use’ and ‘Smart Mobility’ 5.3 Maintaining the Planning Intention of the Application Site 5.4 Suitability of Location/Land Use Compatibility 5.5 Compliance with TPB-PG No.8 5.6 Meeting the Local Parking Demand in Sham Shui Po 5.7 District Council Consultation 6 Technical Considerations 6.1 No Adverse Visual Impact 6.2 No Adverse Traffic Impact 6.3 No Adverse Environmental Impacts 6.4 No Adverse Sewage and Drainage Impacts 6.5 Preliminary Geotechnical Appraisal (PGA) and Engineering Method Statement 7 CONCLUSION APPENDICES Appendix 1 Architectural Drawings Appendix 2 Landscape Proposal, Public Open Space Plan and Tree Survey Appendix 3 Perspective Appendix 4 Traffic Impact Assessment Appendix 5 Preliminary Environmental Assessment EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This S16 Planning Application is submitted on behalf of Transport Department (“TD”) to seek planning permission from the Town Planning Board (the “TPB”) for the Proposed Open Space with Public Vehicle Park at Yen Chow Street West, Sham Shui Po (the “Application Site”). The Application Site partly falls within an area zoned “Open Space” (“O”), an area shown as ‘Road’ and a minor portion of the Site is zoned “Residential (Group A)” (“R(A)”) on the Approved South West Kowloon Outline Zoning Plan No. S/K20/30 (“Approved OZP”). According to the Notes of the Approved OZP for “O” and “R(A)” zones, ‘Public Vehicle Park (excluding container vehicle)’ is a Column 2 use which requires planning permission from the TPB. It is also stipulated in the covering Notes of the Approved OZP that ‘Public Vehicle Park (excluding container vehicle)’’ on any area shown as ‘Road’ requires planning permission from the TPB. “Open Space” is a use always permitted within the Application Site. The Proposed Development is initiated by TD in response to the Government’s initiatives to provide public car parking spaces in suitable public open space projects as promulgated in the Policy Address/ Policy Address Supplement from 2017 to 2020. The Proposed Development integrates Public Open Space (“POS”) and public vehicle park which implement the Government policy objectives to develop automated parking system and to maximise the site utilisation under the principle of “Single Site, Multiple Uses”. The Proposed Development will provide a POS of not less than 1135.5m2, and public vehicle park providing about 200 parking spaces for private cars in the form of underground Automated Parking System (“APS”) and conventional parking at-grade. The Proposed Development involves four building blocks including two underground circular shafts with Automated Parking System (“APS”) and two annex buildings. The main use for annex buildings is to accommodate the electrical and mechanical (“E/M”) equipment; and the two underground circular shafts will provide 2 cores with 9 underground parking levels and 8 underground parking levels for the provision of about 90 and about 80 parking spaces respectively. In summary: The Proposed Development is a pilot project for the application of APS; The Proposed Development optimises the use of an underutilised site and implements the Government’s policy objectives ‘Single Site, Multiple Uses’ and “Smart Mobility”; The Proposed Development is in line with the planning intention of the Application Site; The Proposed Development is compatible with the surrounding developments; The Proposed Development is in compliance with TPB-PG No. 8; The Proposed Development meets the local demand for car parking spaces; and No adverse traffic, visual, environmental and infrastructural impacts are anticipated. In view of the above justifications and as detailed in this Supplementary Planning Statement, MEMBERS of the TPB are sincerely requested to give favourable consideration to the Proposed Development. S.1 行 政 摘 要 （內文如有差異，應以英文版本為準） 運輸署（下稱「申請人」）根據城市規劃條例第十六條向城市規劃委員會（下稱「城 規會」）呈交規劃申請書，要求於欽州街西（下稱「申請地點」）興建擬議休憩用地 及公眾停車場（下稱「擬議發展」）。 申請地點在《西九龍分區計劃大綱核准圖編號 S／ K20／ 30》（下稱「核准圖」）中 被劃為「休憩用地」地帶、顯示「道路」的地方以及較小部分的申請地點被劃為「住 宅 (甲類)」地帶。其中「公眾停車場 (貨 櫃 車 除 外 )」於「休憩用地」及「住宅 (甲類)」 地帶屬第二欄用途，須先向城規會申請規劃許可，而且在核准圖上顯示為「道路」的 地方，所有用途都須先向城規會申請規劃許可。而「休憩用地」則是申請地點的經常 准 許 用 途 。 擬議發展由運輸署倡導，以回應 2017 至 2020 年 施 政 報 告 及 施 政 報 告 附 篇 於 合 適 的 公共休憩用地新增公眾停車場 的倡議。擬議發展融合了公共休憩用地和公眾停車場， 以期發展自動泊車系統及實踐政策倡議的「一地多用」原則 以 更 有 效 地 善 用 土 地 資 源。 擬 議 發 展 會 提 供 不 少 於 1,135.5 平方米的休憩用地以及公眾停車場，公 眾 停 車 場 的地 下自動泊車系統及地面的泊車位 將 提 供 200 個 私家車泊車位。申請地點的 4 個 構 築 物包括 2 個 地 下 圓 筒 型 自 動 泊 車 系 統 及 2 個附屬大樓。附屬大樓的主要用途為提供機 電設施， 而 2 個 9 層和 8 層 深 的 地 下 圓 筒 型 自 動 泊 車 系 統 分 別 能 提 供 90 和 80 個泊 車位。 總括而言: 擬議發展是 自 動 泊 車 系 統 的 先 導 項 目 ； 擬議發展能有效地善用空置的休憩用地，實踐倡議的「一地多用」及「智慧出 行」的政策； 擬議發展符合申請地點的規劃意向； 擬議發展與周邊環境兼容 ; 擬議發展符合城市規劃委員會規劃指引編號 8； 擬議發展增加泊車位以應付該區的泊車需要； 和 擬議發展預期不會造成不良的交通、視覺、環境和基建影響 。 基於上述支持理據及補充規劃文件內列出的詳細資料，懇請城規會委員對擬議發展作 正 面 考 慮 。 S.2 Townland Consultants Limited Supplementary Planning Statement Reference: ASD/YCSW/LEOC/01 Date: 5 July 2021 TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD: SECTION 16 PLANNING APPLICATION THE TOWN PLANNING ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 131) ______________________________________________ PROPOSED OPEN SPACE WITH PUBLIC VEHICLE PARK AT YEN CHOW STREET WEST, SHAM SHUI PO - SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING STATEMENT - 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 We are instructed by Transport Department (“TD”) to submit this S16 Planning Application to seek planning permission from the Town Planning Board (the “TPB”) for Proposed Open Space with Public Vehicle Park including underground Automated Parking System (“APS”) and at-grade conventional parking spaces (the “Proposed Development”) at Yen Chow Street West, Sham Shui Po (the “Application Site”/the “Site”). 1.2 The Application Site partly falls within an area zoned “Open Space” (“O”), an area shown as ‘Road’, and a minor area zoned “Residential (Group A)” (“R(A)”) on the Approved South West Kowloon Outline Zoning Plan No. S/K20/30 (“Approved OZP”). According to the Notes of the Approved OZP for “O” and “R(A)” zones, ‘Public Vehicle Park (excluding container vehicle)’ is a Column 2 use which requires planning permission from the TPB. It is also stipulated in the covering Notes of the Approved OZP that ‘Public Vehicle Park (excluding container vehicle)’’ on any area shown as ‘Road’ requires planning permission. “Open Space” is a use always permitted within the Application Site. 1.3 The Proposed Development is initiated by TD in response to the Government’s policies as promulgated in the Policy Address/Policy Address Supplement from 2017 to 2020 to provide public car parking spaces in suitable Government/ Institution or Community (“G/IC”) facilities and public open space projects as well as to alleviate the problem of insufficient public parking spaces through the application of technology as promulgated in 2020 Policy Address. The Applicant is actively taking forward various pilot projects on Automated Parking Systems (“APS”) and targeting to commission the APS pilot projects in batches starting from 2021. 1.4 This Supplementary Planning Statement (“SPS”) provides relevant information on the S16 Planning Application to facilitate the TPB’s consideration. The following sections will provide a description of the Application Site and its surroundings, the planning context, details of the Proposed Development and justifications in support of the S16 Planning Application. P:\ASD_YCSW\Outgoing_Doc\Misc\Others\S16\SPS_20210705.docx prepared on 05/07/2021 Page 1 of 18 Townland Consultants Limited Supplementary Planning Statement 2. SITE CONTEXT 2.1 Site Location 2.1.1 The Site is situated at the junction of Yen Chow Street West and Tung Chau Street, Sham Shui Po. It is bound by the West Kowloon Corridor to the east, Yen Chow Street West to the south, and Sai Chuen Road to the west and north (Figures 2.1 and 2.2 refer). 2.1.2 The Application Site abuts the West Kowloon Corridor and a temporary non-profit making transitional housing implemented by the Hong Kong Council of the Social Service (“Yen Chow Street Modular Social Housing Project”) to the east and west respectively. A down ramp from the West Kowloon Corridor is situated at the northeast portion of the Site (Figure 2.1 refers), which is anticipated to be removed by Highways Department (”HyD”) prior to commencement of construction of the Proposed Development. Furthermore, an existing Drainage Reserve (“DR”) falls within the Application Site (Figure 2.1 refers). No structure should be erected on the DR and the DR should be accessible by the Drainage Services Department (“DSD”) for inspection, operation and maintenance works. The normal operation of the drainage facilities will not be affected by the construction works or the future operation of the Proposed Development. Relevant parties and Government Departments will be consulted prior to the commencement of any work on the Site. 2.2 Land Status And Existing Land Uses 2.2.1 The Application Site is Government Land that is currently vacant and fenced off. The Short Term Tenancy (“STT”) KX 3095 for the Yen Chow Street Modular Social Housing Project is located adjacent to the Application Site.