Subject: [Hong Kong] 南生圍與甩洲 Nam Sang Wai and Lut Chau Development [Print This Page] Author: HKBWS Chuan Time: 28/11/2013 17:03 Subject: 南生圍與甩洲 Nam Sang Wai and Lut Chau Development
The developer of Nam Sang Wai held a meeting on Tuesday (November 26th) with Green Groups to present their “new plan”.
In the process of deciding on the layout of the new plan, they considered two other options as well:
1. “Fung Lok Wai Option – 5%” where they would only use 5% of the land, but would comprise of 31 towers at the height of 20 stories. This option was unfavorable due to the landscape and visual impacts to the surrounding environment.
2. “Tree level option” – this is where all the buildings would be similar in height to the nearby tree but it would result in 88 towers with the height of 7 stories. This was not considered because it would result in a massive housing development.
So a third design was chosen and the difference between the final design when compared to the original (the one objected by the Town Planning Board) mainly consist of:
- Proposed man-made pond to be changed to reedbed so that a larger and continuous patch of reedbed can be retained.
- The high-density residential building will be shortened in height (8-10 stories), and change from being 6 towers to 10 towers.
- The incorporation of an area of reedbed and mangrove into the Wetland Enhancement Area, which would be actively managed.
After the rejection by the Town Planning Board earlier this year, the proponent has revised their plan and submitted their report under Section 17 of the Town Planning Ordinance. The main changes of the new development scheme is provided in the post above. The public can make comments to the Town Planning Board on or before 20 Dec 2013.
**Due to technical issues, this version is missing photos as I was unable to upload them into the pdf, if you wish you see them please feel free to contact me at hjocelyn@hkbws.org.hk**
The Town Planning Board will make a decision on this Friday, February 14 on whether to approve or reject the planning application. 600 (598 objecting, 2 supporting) comments were submitted to the Town Planning Board back in December regarding this project. Thank you all for your effort in submitting your representations. Author: HKBWS Chuan Time: 12/02/2014 09:56