ZONING PLAN (城市規劃圖)

It provides 3 key pieces of information to maximize your benefits especially when you are purchasing a property for your own use or a long-term investment.

Maximum height of buildings

There will be a great impact to the view from your targeted property if there is a potential redevelopment of the building opposite to yours, therefore, height restriction can help you to understand the value of the targeted property in the long run.

Usage of your targeted buildings

Potential legal issues might arise if you are purchasing a property not complying with the usage of the site.

Usage of the developments around your targeted buildings

View from your targeted property is usually more secured if the areas around you are of government, institution, community, green belt and country park usage.

How to access the zoning plan in 2 steps?

Go to the portal provided by the Town Planning Board.

2. Zoom in the map and choose the area you are targeting (it is Kennedy Town in this example)

More information is shown below for some of the categories:

Residential (Group A)

Usage always permitted

Ambulance depot, flat, government use, house, library, market, place of recreation, sports or culture, public clinic, public transport terminus or Station (excluding open-air terminus or station), religious institution (ancestral hall only), residential institution, rural committee/village Office, school (in free-standing purpose-designed building only), social welfare facility, and utility installation for private project.

Usage that may be permitted with or without conditions on application to the Town Planning Board

Commercial bathhouse/ massage establishment, eating place, educational institution, exhibition or convention hall, government refuse collection point, hospital, hotel, institutional use, mass transit railway vent shaft and/or other structure above ground level other than entrances, office, petrol filling station, place of entertainment, private club, public convenience, public transport terminus or station, public utility installation, public vehicle park (excluding container vehicle), religious institution , School, shop and services, training center. In addition, the following uses are always permitted (a) on the lowest three floors of a building, taken to include basements; or (b) in the purpose-designed non-residential portion of an existing building, both excluding floors containing wholly or mainly car parking, loading/unloading bays and/or plant room: Eating place, educational institution, institutional use, Off-course betting center, office, place of entertainment, private club, public convenience, recyclable collection center, school, shop and services, training center.

Planning Intention

This zone is intended primarily for high-density residential developments. Commercial uses are always permitted on the lowest three floors of a building or in the purpose-designed non-residential portion of an existing building.

Residential (Group B)

Usage always permitted

Flat, government Use (police reporting center, post office only), house, library, residential, institution, school (in free-standing purpose designed building only), utility, installation for private project.

Usage that may be permitted with or without conditions on application to the Town Planning Board

Ambulance depot, eating place, educational, institution, government refuse collection point, government use, hospital, hotel, institutional use, mass transit railway vent shaft and/or Other structure above ground Level other than entrances, off-course betting center, office, petrol filling station, place of entertainment, place of recreation, sports or culture, private club, public clinic, public convenience, public transport terminus or station, public utility installation, public vehicle park, recyclable collection center, religious institution, rural committee/village Office, school, shop and services social welfare facility training center.

Planning Intention

For urban area/ new town: This zone is intended primarily for medium-density residential developments where commercial uses serving the residential neighbourhood may be permitted on application to the Town Planning Board. For rural area: This zone is intended primarily for sub-urban medium-density residential developments in rural areas where commercial uses serving the residential neighbourhood may be permitted on application to the Town Planning Board.

Residential (Group C)

Usage always permitted

Flat, government use (police reporting center, post office only), house, utility, installation for private project.

Usage that may be permitted with or without conditions on application to the Town Planning Board

Ambulance depot, eating place, educational institution, government refuse collection point, government use, hospital, Hotel institutional use, library, mass transit railway vent shaft and/or other Structure above ground Level other than entrances, petrol filling station, place of recreation, sports or culture, private club, public clinic, public convenience, public transport terminus or station, public utility installation, public vehicle park, recyclable collection center, religious institution, residential institution, rural committee/village office, school, shop and services, social welfare facility, training centre.

Planning Intention

This zone is intended primarily for low-rise, low-density residential developments where commercial uses serving the residential neighbourhood may be permitted on application to the Town Planning Board.

Government, institution, or community

Usage always permitted

Ambulance depot, animal, quarantine center (in Government building only), broadcasting, television and/or film studio, cable car route and terminal building, eating place (canteen, cooked food centre only), educational institution, exhibition or convention hall, field study/education/visitor centre, government refuse collection point, government use, hospital, institutional use, library, market, pier, place of recreation, sports or culture, public clinic, public convenience, public transport terminus or station, public utility installation, public vehicle park (excluding container vehicle), recyclable collection centre, religious institution research, design and development centre, rural committee/village office, school, service reservoir, social welfare facility, training centre, wholesale trade.

Usage that may be permitted with or without conditions on application to the Town Planning Board

Animal boarding establishment, animal quarantine centre, columbarium, correctional institution crematorium, driving school, eating place, firing range, flat, funeral facility, helicopter landing pad, helicopter fuelling station, holiday camp, hotel, House (other than rebuilding of New Territories Exempted House or replacement of existing domestic building by New Territories Exempted House permitted, marine fueling station, mass transit railway vent shaft and/or other structure above ground Level other than entrances, Off-course betting centre, Office, petrol filling station, place of entertainment, private club radar, telecommunications electronic microwave repeater, television and/or radio transmitter installation, refuse disposal installation (Refuse Transfer Station only), residential institution, sewage treatment/screening plant, shop and services, utility installation for private project zoo.

Planning Intention

This zone is intended primarily for the provision of Government, institution or community facilities serving the needs of the local resident and/or a wider district, region or the territory. It is also intended to provide land for uses directly related to or in support of the work of the Government, organizations providing social services to meet community needs, and other institutional establishments.