Another Land Sharing Pilot Scheme Application Received

According to the Development Bureau (DEVB) on 25 May 2023, the latest Land Sharing Pilot Scheme (LSPS) application involves a site at Lei Muk Road, Kwai Chung—covering about 1.2 hectares of private lot and adjoining government land, currently zoned “Other Specified Uses” annotated “Buildings with Historical and Architectural Interests Preserved for Social Welfare Facility Use” and “Open Space” (view the full location plan here).

This application involves about 912 public housing/Starter Homes units (the exact choice of subsidised housing type to be determined by the Government); 300 private housing flats; and supporting facilities, with a total gross floor area of about 78,000 square metres. Additionally, it proposes to preserve the existing Grade II historic buildings within the private housing portion for residential care homes for the elderly.

The LSPS, which has begun accepting applications from 6 May 2020, aims to help unleash the development potential of private land with consolidated ownership that is outside specified environmentally sensitive areas and not covered by the Government’s development studies.

Under the scheme, the Government will facilitate infrastructural improvements that will enhance the development intensity of the private lots under application. In return, the LSPS applicants are required to hand over to the Government part of the lots they own in the form of formed land that is capable of delivering at least 70 per cent of the increased domestic gross floor area (GFA) for public housing or Starter Homes developments intended by the Government. As earlier announced, the application period for the LSPS would be extended by one year to 5 May 2024, with its existing framework and requirements remaining unchanged. —Construction+ Online

Sources: Development Bureau, Another Land Sharing Pilot Scheme Application Received; Development Bureau, Land Sharing Pilot Scheme Opens for Applications Tomorrow