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1 成立和職能
Establishment & Functions
Part 1
Establishment and
Functions
Town Planning Board plan under section 12A, for planning permission under
section 16 and for amendment to planning permission
Establishment and Functions under section 16A of the Ordinance and conducts,
under section 17, reviews on its decisions on section
The Town Planning Board (the Board) is a statutory 16 and section 16A applications. Under the provisions
body established under the Town Planning Ordinance, of the Ordinance, plans and applications would also be
Cap. 131 (the Ordinance). With the main aim to promote published for public comments. Public views would be
the health, safety, convenience and general welfare of included in the submissions for the Board’s consideration.
the community, the Board is charged with the principal
duties to prepare statutory plans (namely, Outline Zoning Furthermore, under section 25 of the Urban Renewal
Plans (OZPs) and Development Permission Area (DPA) Authority (URA) Ordinance, Cap. 563 and section 21 of
Plans) for the layout of such areas of Hong Kong as the the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA)
Chief Executive (CE) may direct, as well as the types of Ordinance, Cap. 601, URA and WKCDA may submit
buildings suitable for erection therein. any plan prepared under subsection (3)(a) of the URA
Ordinance and subsection (6) of the WKCDA Ordinance
Listening to the views of the public is an important part respectively to the Board for consideration. Upon the
of the plan-making process. The Board is required submission of a plan so prepared by URA or WKCDA,
under the Ordinance to publish the draft plans (and the Board may deem the plan as suitable for publication,
amendments to the draft plans), consider representations with or without amendments, or may refuse to deem the
to the draft plans, comments on the representations plan as being suitable for publication. A plan which the
and further representations in respect of any proposed Board deems suitable for publication shall be deemed to
amendments to the draft plans, and submit the draft be a draft plan prepared by the Board for the purposes of
plans together with any representations, comments and the Ordinance and the provisions of the Ordinance shall
further representations and any amendments made to apply accordingly.
the draft plans to the CE in Council (CE in C) for approval.
The Board also considers applications for amendment of
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