TOWN PLANNING BOARD Minutes of 560 Meeting of the Rural and New
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TOWN PLANNING BOARD Minutes of 560th Meeting of the Rural and New Town Planning Committee held at 2:30 p.m. on 15.7.2016 Present Director of Planning Chairman Mr K.K. Ling Mr H.W. Cheung Vice-chairman Dr F.C. Chan Mr Peter K.T. Yuen Mr Philip S.L. Kan Dr C.H. Hau Mr Alex T.H. Lai Mr Stephen L.H. Liu Chief Traffic Engineer/New Territories West, Transport Department Mr Kelvin K.M. Siu Chief Engineer (Works), Home Affairs Department Mr Martin W.C. Kwan Assistant Director (Environmental Assessment), Environmental Protection Department Mr K.F. Tang - 2 - Assistant Director/Regional 3, Lands Department Mr Edwin W.K. Chan Deputy Director of Planning/District Secretary Mr Raymond K.W. Lee Absent with Apologies Professor K.C. Chau Mr Ivan C.S. Fu Ms Janice W.M. Lai Ms Christina M. Lee Mr H.F. Leung Mr David Y.T. Lui Dr Lawrence K.C. Li Miss Winnie W.M. Ng In Attendance Assistant Director of Planning/Board Ms Fiona S.Y. Lung Chief Town Planner/Town Planning Board Ms Lily Y.M. Yam Town Planner/Town Planning Board Ms Winnie W.Y. Leung - 3 - Agenda Item 1 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 559th RNTPC Meeting held on 24.6.2016 [Open Meeting] 1. The Secretary reported that the draft minutes of the 559th RNTPC meeting were dispatched to Members on 13.7.2016. A proposed amendment was received, proposing to revise the first sentence of paragraph 73 as “The Secretary reported that Mr Kelvin K.M. Siu, Chief Traffic Engineer/New Territories West, Transport Department, who owned a property in near Fu Tei Au had declared interest in the item”. 2. The Committee agreed to the aforesaid proposed revision. The draft minutes of the 559th RNTPC meeting held on 24.6.2016 were confirmed subject to the aforesaid revision. Agenda Item 2 Matters Arising [Open Meeting] 3. The Secretary reported that there were no matters arising. Sai Kung and Islands District Agenda Item 3 Section 16 Application [Open Meeting] A/SK-HC/248 Temporary Film Studio for a Period of 3 Years in “Green Belt” and “Recreation” zones, Lots 287 (Part), 288 (Part), 289S.A, 289RP, 295, 299, 309(Part), 815(Part) and adjoining Government land in D.D. 247, Ho Chung, Sai Kung (RNTPC Paper No. A/SK-HC/248) - 4 - 4. The Committee noted that the applicant requested on 6.7.2016 for deferment of the consideration of the application for two months so as to allow time for government departments to comment on the latest further information submitted by the applicant. It was the third time that the applicant requested for deferment of the application. 5. After deliberation, the Committee decided to defer a decision on the application as requested by the applicant pending departmental comments on the latest further information. The Committee agreed that the application should be submitted for its consideration within two months when the departmental comments were available. The Committee also agreed to advise the applicant that since it was the third deferment of the application and a total of three months had been allowed for preparation of the submission of further information, no further deferment would be granted unless under very special circumstances. Agenda Item 4 Section 16 Application [Open Meeting] A/SK-HC/250 Proposed House and Minor Relaxation of Plot Ratio from 0.2 to 0.27 in “Recreation” Zone and area shown as “Road”, Lots No. 101 S.A (Part), 102 S.A, S.B, S.C (Part) & S.E (Part), 103 S.A (Part) & S.B (Part), 104 S.A & RP, 105 S.A & RP, 107 S.A to S.C (Part) & S.D to S.H, 108 S.A, S.B, S.C & RP, 109 S.A & RP, 110 to 111 in D.D. 247 and Adjoining Government Land in Ho Chung, Sai Kung (RNTPC Paper No. A/SK-HC/250) 6. The Secretary reported that the application was submitted by Morerich Resources Limited and Max Cheer International Limited with LWK & Partners (Hong Kong) Limited (LWK) and AECOM Asia Company Limited (AECOM) as two of the consultants of the applicants. The following Members had declared interests in the item: Mr Ivan C.S. Fu - being the Director of LWK and having current business dealings with AECOM - 5 - Ms Janice W.M. Lai ] ] having current business dealings with AECOM Dr Billy C.H. Hau ] Mr Stephen L.H. Liu - having current business dealings with LWK 7. The Committee noted that Mr Ivan C.S. Fu and Ms Janice W.M. Lai had tendered apologies for being unable to attend the meeting and Mr Stephen L.H. Liu had not yet arrived to join the meeting. The Committee also noted that Dr Billy C.H. Hau had no involvement in the application and agreed that he could stay in the meeting. 8. The Committee noted that the applicant requested on 11.7.2016 for deferment of the consideration of the application for one month so as to allow time for government departments to comment on the latest further information submitted by the applicant. It was the third time that the applicant requested for deferment of the application. 9. After deliberation, the Committee decided to defer a decision on the application as requested by the applicant pending departmental comments on the latest further information. The Committee agreed that the application should be submitted for its consideration within one month when the departmental comments were available. The Committee also agreed to advise the applicant that since it was the third deferment of the application and a total of three months had been allowed, no further deferment would be granted unless under very special circumstances. [Mr William W.T. Wong, Senior Town Planner/Sai Kung and Islands (STP/SKIs), was invited to the meeting at this point.] [Mr Stephen L.H. Liu arrived to join the meeting at this point.] - 6 - Agenda Item 5 Section 16 Application [Open Meeting (Presentation and Question Sessions Only)] A/SK-PK/229 Renewal of Planning Approval for Temporary “Eating Place (Outside Seating Accommodation of Restaurant)” for a Period of 3 Years in “Road” zone, Open Area in Front of Shop 10C, G/F, Po Tung Road, Lot 1827 (Part) in D.D. 221, Sai Kung (RNTPC Paper No. A/SK-PK/229) Presentation and Question Sessions 10. With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, Mr William W.T. Wong, STP/SKIs, presented the application and covered the following aspects as detailed in the Paper : (a) background to the application; (b) the renewal of planning approval for temporary eating place (outside seating accommodation of restaurant) under previous planning application No. A/SK-PK/202 for a period of three years; (c) departmental comments – departmental comments were set out in paragraph 8 of the Paper. Relevant government departments had no objection to or no adverse comment on the application; (d) no public comment was received during the first three weeks of the statutory publication period and no local objection/view was received by the District Officer (Sai Kung); and (e) the Planning Department (PlanD)’s views –PlanD considered that the temporary use could be tolerated for a further period of three years based on the assessments set out in paragraph 10 of the Paper. The renewal of the temporary use for three years up to August 2019 would not frustrate the planning intention of the area shown as ‘Road’, and the implementation of - 7 - the road improvement works would not be affected. There were similar approved applications at the same ‘Road’ area. The temporary use was previously approved by the Committee in 2004, 2010 and 2013 and there was no change in planning circumstances since the approval of the previous applications. Given the small-scale of the proposal, the temporary use would unlikely cause adverse traffic, drainage and environmental impacts on the surrounding areas. Relevant government departments had no objection to or no adverse comment on the application. 11. Members had no question on the application. [Mr K.F. Tang arrived to join the meeting at this point.] Deliberation Session 12. After deliberation, the Committee decided to approve the application on a temporary basis for a period of 3 years from 17.8.2016 to 16.8.2019, on the terms of the application as submitted to the Town Planning Board. 13. The Committee also agreed to advise the applicant to note the advisory clauses as set out at Appendix V of the Paper. [The Chairman thanked Mr William W.T. Wong, STP/SKIs, for his attendance to answer Members’ enquiries. Mr Wong left the meeting at this point.] Sha Tin, Tai Po and North District [Mr Kenny C.H. Lau, Mr Wallace W.K. Tang and Mr C.T. Lau, Senior Town Planners/Sha Tin, Tai Po and North (STPs/STN), were invited to the meeting at this point.] - 8 - Agenda Item 6 Section 16 Application [Open Meeting (Presentation and Question Sessions Only)] A/ST/899 Temporary Shop and Services (Fast Food Shop) for a Period of 3 Years in “Industrial” zone, Unit C3, Factory C, G/F, Block 1, Kin Ho Industrial Building, 14-24 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan, Sha Tin (RNTPC Paper No. A/ST/899) Presentation and Question Sessions 14. Mr Kenny C.H. Lau, STP/STN, presented the application and covered the following aspects as detailed in the Paper : (a) background to the application; (b) the temporary shop and services (fast food shop) for a period of three years; (c) departmental comments – departmental comments were set out in paragraph 9 of the Paper.