Planning

Town planning is carried out by the Planning Department under policy
directives from the Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau and the
Housing Bureau. During the year, the department was involved in revising
the proposals of the Town Planning White Bill; reviewing the Territorial
Development Strategy and the Metroplan; updating the Development
Strategies for the North-West and the South-West New Territories; and
reviewing the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines. It also
identified housing sites, assessed housing demand and forecast of land
supply for housing and other major land uses; and continued the work on
the Port and Airport Development Strategy and the Rural Planning and
Improvement Strategy.

The department was also engaged in other forward planning activities
including efforts to co-ordinate the formulation of the urban renewal
strategy and programme; in development control for the districts and
conducting site search exercises for major uses/developments; and in
undertaking enforcement action against unauthorised developments in
designated rural areas.

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