Draft Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan approved

     The Chief Executive in Council has approved the draft Mong Kok Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

     "The approved OZP provides a statutory land use planning framework to guide the development and redevelopment within the Mong Kok area," a spokesman for the Town Planning Board said today (February 18).

     The planning scheme area, covering about 147 hectares, is located in West Kowloon. It is bounded by Boundary Street to the north, the MTR East Rail Line to the east, Dundas Street to the south, and Sham Mong Road and Ferry Street to the west.
 
     The approved OZP has incorporated amendments shown on the draft Mong Kok OZP No. S/K3/33, which mainly involved the incorporation of three areas covered by the approved Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Anchor Street/Fuk Tsun Street Development Scheme Plan (DSP) No. S/K3/URA1/2, the approved URA Prince Edward Road West/Yuen Ngai Street DSP No. S/K3/URA2/2, and the approved URA Shanghai Street/Argyle Street DSP No. S/K3/URA3/2 into the OZP. An area of the OZP replaced by the draft URA Shantung Street/Thistle Street DSP is also indicated on the OZP.
 
     Opportunity is also taken to amend the Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP to reflect the above amendments and to update the general information of various land use zonings and the planning circumstances, where appropriate.

     The approved Mong Kok OZP No. S/K3/34 is now available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office and (iv) the Yau Tsim Mong District Office.

     Copies of the approved OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centres in North Point and Yau Ma Tei. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed at the Town Planning Board's website (www.info.gov.hk/tpb).