Practice Notes for Professional Persons

Practice Note No.	Title	Remarks
No. 3/2001	Processing of Amendments to Approved Building Plans in respect of Non-conforming Development Proposals	New PDPN promulgated on 13.12.2001
No. 1/2004	Processing and Compliance Checking of Landscape Submissions related to Planning Applications	New PDPN promulgated on 7.10.2004.
No. 1/2005	Major Planning Documents Available to the Public	This PDPN promulgated on 30.8.2005 to supersede PDPN No. 2/1999 by addition of the Planning Enquiry Counter in the Sha Tin Government Offices.
No. 2/2005	Measures to Speed Up the Approval Process for Post-application Submissions and Development Proposals	This PDPN promulgated on 30.8.2005 to supersede PDPN No. 6/2000 by removing the administrative procedures for processing submission concerning application for zoning amendments to statutory plans which has now been covered by the Town Planning (Amendment) Ordinance.
No. 3/2005	Status of Service Apartment Use in Approved Planning Applications	This PDPN promulgated on 30.8.2005 to supersede PDPN No. 1/2001 by making reference to the most up-to-date TPB Guidelines.
No. 4/2005	Guidelines for Enquiries on Development Submissions to the Town Planning Board	This PDPN promulgated on 30.8.2005 to supersede PDPN No. 2/2002 by addition of the Planning Enquiry Counter in the Sha Tin Government Offices.
No. 5/2005	Basis for Determining Class A and Class B Amendments Under Section 16A of Town Planning Ordinance	New PDPN promulgated on 21.12.2005
No. 1/2006	District Planning Conference (DipCon)	New PDPN promulgated on 30.5.2006
No. 2/2006	Application for Amendments to Approved Development Proposal	New PDPN promulgated on 12.6.2006
No. 3/2006	Landscape Treatment and/or Other Measures for Mitigating the Landscape and Visual Impacts of Small-scale Utility Installations	New PDPN promulgated on 22.6.2006
No. 4/2006	Calculation of Plot Ratio of Development on Sites Straddling Land Use Zones	New PDPN promulgated on 23.6.2006