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3 其他主要工作
Other Major Work
West Kowloon Cultural District Development
The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) site originally
fell within the planning scheme boundary of the South
West Kowloon OZP. The WKCDA submitted the WKCD
Development Plan, covering the WKCD site, to the Board
on 30 December 2011 for consideration under section
21 of the WKCDA Ordinance. The key development
parameters included the following:
(a) a development area of about 40.91 ha, subject to
an overall maximum PR of 1.81. The maximum
GFA for the whole district is about 740,350m2, with
a maximum 20% of total GFA for residential use;
(b) provision of not less than 23 hectares of POS,
including 3 ha of piazza areas and a continuous
waterfront promenade of not less than 20m in
width;
(c) a balanced development including arts and cultural
facilities (about 35% to 40% of the total GFA); retail/ Plan.
dining/entertainment uses (about 15% to 20%); hotel/
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office uses (about 20% to 25%); residential uses (not
more than 20%) and GIC uses (not less than 1%);
and
(d) developments within different land use zones are
subject to building height restrictions, including one
to three storeys for “O” zone, and a building height
profile generally ranging from 30mPD to 100mPD
for other land use zones.
On 9 March 2012, the Board agreed that the WKCD
Development Plan was suitable for exhibition for public
inspection. On 30 March 2012, WKCD Development
Plan was exhibited for public inspection, and on the
same day the WKCD site was excised from the South
West Kowloon OZP. After giving consideration to the 10
representations and three comments in respect of the
WKCD Development Plan on 28 September 2012, the
Board decided not to propose any amendment to the
The draft WKCD Development Plan
was approved by CE in C on 8
January 2013, and was renumbered as
S/K20/WKCD/2.
On 14 November 2014, the Board
approved a planning application (No.
A/K20/121) for minor relaxation of GFA
and building height restrictions for
developments in WKCD. The approved
scheme had a maximum total GFA
of 851,400m2 and a PR of 2.08. The
building height restrictions within the
height bands of 50mPD and 70mPD as
stipulated on the WKCD Development
Plan were relaxed by 7-14mPD, while
the building height restrictions in front of
Kowloon Station remained unchanged.