Hotels

Main Urban Areas & New Towns

1 car space per 100 rooms.

In addition, for hotels with conference and banquet facilities:
0.5-1 car space per 200m² GFA of conference and banquet facilities.

Car parking spaces are for the use of hotel limousines and the operational needs of staff.

Loading/unloading bays for goods vehicles: 0.5-1 goods vehicle bay per 100 rooms.

Additional provision for convention centres and banquet facilities to be determined by the Authority.

Bays to be located close to the service entrance. Manoeuvring of goods vehicles should be within the curtilage of the site; generally no reversing movement into/from a public road will be permitted.

Layout should be such that vehicles ingress, pick-up/set down, egress with no reversing movement nor tailback into a public road. Adequate passenger waiting area to be provided adjacent to lay-by.

Lay-by should be such that bus ingress, egress with no tailback into a public road. Adequate passenger waiting area to be provided adjacent to lay-by.

Hotels

Other areas

Not less than 1 single-deck tour bus parking space for every 200 guest rooms or part thereof.

Not less than 1 car parking space for every 10 guest rooms.

Additional provision for hotels with conference and banquet facilities:

2-5 car spaces per 200m² GFA of conference and banquet facilities

Access to and egress from parking areas should be from a minor road within the confines of the sites.

Provision is subject to any Closed Road Permit policies et al.

Not less than 1 bay for goods vehicles for every 100 guest rooms or part thereof.

Additional provision for convention centres and banquet facilities to be determined by the Authority.

Commercial Entertainment Facilities (e.g. cinemas, theatres.)

Range of 0 to 1 car parking space for every 20 seats or part thereof.

Generally no provision for cinemas in the Metropolitan Area as these are mostly in areas well served by public transport.

Except for cinemas, 1 loading/unloading bay for goods vehicles where practicable.

Not less than 1 picking up/setting down lay-by for taxis and private cars for every 400 seats or part thereof.

In preparation of development plans, some additional lay-bys for taxis and private cars should be incorporated in the vicinity of known cinemas, theatres and the like.