Minutes of 964 Meeting of the Town Planning Board held on 20.8 ...

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applications were received. The proposals were being considered by <strong>the</strong>
Advisory Committee on Revitalization <strong>of</strong> Historic Buildings;
(d) <strong>the</strong> main grounds <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> representations and <strong>the</strong>ir proposals were
summarised in paragraph 2.2 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Paper and highlighted below:
(i) preservation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> site – <strong>the</strong> site should be protected by an
appropriate heritage listing. There were concerns on <strong>the</strong>
demolition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Former Junior Police Call (JPC) Building at <strong>the</strong>
site and <strong>the</strong> underground latrine block at <strong>the</strong> corner <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
Aberdeen Street and Staunton Street, inadequate protection <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
archeological features <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Central School foundations and <strong>the</strong>
need <strong>of</strong> statutory protection for <strong>the</strong> trees on <strong>the</strong> site surrounding
walls and existing architectural features relating to <strong>the</strong> Central
School;
(ii) open space provision – good open space comprising grass and
trees was demanded;
(iii) development restrictions –<strong>the</strong> maximum gross floor area (GFA)
<strong>of</strong> 20,000m 2 stipulated in <strong>the</strong> ‘Remarks’ <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> “OU” zone was
not acceptable and building height control should be imposed on
this site;
(iv) demolition <strong>of</strong> existing buildings – <strong>the</strong>re was an insufficient
safeguard for <strong>the</strong> site to be maintained as a heritage site. No new
structure should be built and no existing building/structure should
be demolished or altered without <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong>’s approval;
(v) representers’ proposals –
- a heritage grading should be given to <strong>the</strong> site (R1 and R2);
- any new development, demolition, alteration and/or addition