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

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adaptive re-use or it could be demolished to cater for <strong>the</strong> open
space development, as appropriate;
Responses to Representers’ Proposals
(xi) heritage grading – heritage grading was within <strong>the</strong> ambit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>
AAB ra<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong> <strong>Board</strong>. AMO had included <strong>the</strong>
representation site as a new item proposed to be assessed by
AAB;
(xii) planning permission requirement – <strong>the</strong> control regarding <strong>the</strong>
requirement for planning permission was considered appropriate.
The scale <strong>of</strong> alteration and/or modification to <strong>the</strong> existing
buildings and any new structures would be controlled by <strong>the</strong> GFA
restriction stipulated in <strong>the</strong> Notes <strong>of</strong> “OU” zone covering <strong>the</strong>
representation site. The detailed conservation requirements and
management <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> underground remains and <strong>the</strong> architectural
features <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Former Central School at <strong>the</strong> site should be dealt
with by <strong>the</strong> AMO;
(xiii) open space provision – <strong>the</strong> Notes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> OZP stipulated that public
open space <strong>of</strong> not less than 1,200m 2 should be provided on <strong>the</strong> site.
There were constraints in providing more open space, particularly
in <strong>the</strong> scenario that <strong>the</strong> JPC Building was to be retained. Detailed
landscaping design should be dealt with by <strong>the</strong> proponent at <strong>the</strong>
detailed design stage;
(xiv) building height restriction – a building height restriction <strong>of</strong>
75mPD had been imposed on <strong>the</strong> representation site on <strong>the</strong>
subsequent draft Sai Ying Pun & Sheung Wan OZP No. S/H3/24
after a comprehensive review <strong>of</strong> building height restrictions for
<strong>the</strong> Area to ensure any development on <strong>the</strong> site would be
compatible with <strong>the</strong> surrounding areas;