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

Open Space Provision
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(v) <strong>the</strong> 1,200m 2 public open space provision as stipulated in <strong>the</strong>
Notes for <strong>the</strong> subject zone was <strong>the</strong> minimum requirement, which
was about 20% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> representation site area and equivalent to
<strong>the</strong> lower platform area. The Explanatory Statement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> OZP
stated that to cater for <strong>the</strong> open space development, <strong>the</strong> existing
JPC Building might need to be demolished. However, retention
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building for adaptive re-use would also be allowed;
(vi) to allow more flexibility for <strong>the</strong> adaptive re-use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> site for
creative industries and related uses, it was envisaged that part <strong>of</strong>
<strong>the</strong> existing open area on <strong>the</strong> upper and middle platforms might be
used for <strong>the</strong> display <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> remains <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Former Central School
and for <strong>the</strong> provision <strong>of</strong> covered walkways, activity venue and
exhibition area. In <strong>the</strong> scenario that <strong>the</strong> JPC Building on <strong>the</strong> lower
platform was retained, part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> public open space (about 195m 2 )
would need to be provided on <strong>the</strong> upper platform in order to fulfill
<strong>the</strong> minimum requirement <strong>of</strong> 1,200m 2 ;
(vii) <strong>the</strong> wall trees and major trees within <strong>the</strong> site would be preserved.
Detailed landscaping design should be dealt with by <strong>the</strong> project
proponent at <strong>the</strong> detailed design stage;
Development Restrictions
(viii) <strong>the</strong> Notes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> zone allowed a maximum GFA <strong>of</strong> 20,000m 2 at
<strong>the</strong> site, i.e. 5,000m 2 on top <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> GFA <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> existing buildings
(Blocks A and B) (15,000m 2 ). The additional GFA might
possibly be taken up in such forms as an additional covered area
for wea<strong>the</strong>r protection at <strong>the</strong> central courtyard, gallery space
adjoining Blocks A and B, covered walkways and o<strong>the</strong>r structures
required to meet <strong>the</strong> current building standards, which were
accountable for GFA. Given <strong>the</strong> 15,000m 2 GFA for <strong>the</strong> existing