Four Building Plans Tender

The Buildings Department approved four building plans in July with one in Kowloon and three in the New Territories

Of the approved plans one was for an apartment development one was for a commercial development and two were for community services developments

In the same month consent was given for works to start on 16 building projects which when completed will provide 118 275 square metres of gross floor area for domestic use involving 2 216 units and 44 053 sq m of gross floor area for nondomestic use The department has received notifications of commencement of superstructure works for nine building projects

The department also issued 17 occupation permits with three on Hong Kong Island three in Kowloon and 11 in the New Territories

Of the buildings certified for occupation the gross floor area for domestic use was 179 523 sq m involving 2 391 units and 32 713 sq m was for nondomestic use

The declared cost of new buildings completed in July totalled about 112 billion

In addition four demolition consents were issued

The department received 2 773 reports about unauthorised building works UBWs in July and issued 705 removal orders on UBWs

The full version of the Monthly Digest for July can be viewed on the Buildings Departments homepage