Change in use of land : a practical guide to development in Hong Kong / Lawrence Wai-chung Lai, Daniel Chi-wing Ho, Hing-fung Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lai, Lawrence Wai-chung, author.

Ho, Daniel Chi-wing, author.

Leung, Hing-fung, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--China--Hong Kong.

City planning.

Land use--China--Hong Kong.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The major difficulties facing professionals in real estate development in Hong Kong involve the use and development intensity of land, the complicated procedures and the mass of building laws. This book is a guide to tackling these difficulties. It provides an account of the concept of the use and change in use of land; followed by an outline of the procedures for lease modifications and waivers, planning applications, reviews and appeals, and building applications and appeals. It also includes an overview of government enforcement against contravention of lease conditions; provisions of statu

Contents:

Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1 - The Importance of Use and Change in Use; 2 - Dual Development Control Under the Land Lease and Statutory Town Plan; 3 - What Is a Use?; 4 - Change in Use and Development Control under the Land Lease, Town Plans and the Buildings Ordinance; 5 - The Need for Making a Planning Application to Enable a Change in Use under the Town Planning Ordinance; 6 - 'Temporary Uses' and 'Existing Uses' on Private Land under a Statutory Town Plan

7 - The Possibility of Making a Planning Application and Steps in Checking Whether a Use Requires Planning Permission8 - The Relationship among Lease Modifications, Planning Permissions and Building Permissions in the Development Cycle; 9 - Planning Applications, Reviews and Appeals; 10 - Lease Modifications and Waivers; 11 - Building Applications and Appeals; 12 - Enforcement of Leases, Town Planning Ordinance and Buildings Ordinance; 13 - Development Blight; 14 - Information Regarding Leases, Statutory Town Plans and Building Plans; 15 - Problem sets

Appendix 1: Town Planning Board GuidelinesAppendix 2: Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications 1975-2008; Appendix 3: Probit and Logit Estimates of Non-Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

988-220-621-2

OCLC:

778340238