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About Planning Department

Urban renewal

There has been an ageing building stock in Hong Kong with some parts of our city having
a high concentration of old buildings with poor physical conditions and inadequate basic
facilities. To address the problem of urban decay and to improve the living environment of the

dilapidated urban areas, the Department works closely with the Urban Renewal Authority (URA)
and other stakeholders in the planning and processing of the redevelopment, rehabilitation,
revitalisation and preservation projects for improving the urban fabrics of the city. In February
2011, the government promulgated the new Urban Renewal Strategy, which adopts a ‘people-

first, district-based, public participatory’ approach in providing guidance for undertaking urban
renewal work in Hong Kong. The first pilot District Urban Renewal Forum, an advisory
platform with secretariat and professional support provided by the Department, was established
in the Kowloon City District in June 2011, with a term of three years ended in May 2014,

to formulate with public engagement, an Urban Renewal Plan (URP) for Kowloon City
from a holistic and integrated perspective. The URP for Kowloon City was submitted to the
government for consideration in January 2014. The URP would be implemented with regard
to the actual local situation and serves as a reference for the public and other organisations

(including developers, the URA and owners) which might participate in the implementation
of the URP. On the basis of the URP, the URA had adopted a holistic and district-based
approach in rejuvenating the Bailey Street / Ngan Hon Street / Wing Kwong Street / Hung
Fook Street / Kai Ming Street Area which had been identified as one of the

Proposed Redevelopment Priority Areas in the URP and commenced five
development projects and one development scheme within the area from
2016 to 2018. Besides, the project on the Development of the Kowloon

City Themed Walking Trail funded
by the Urban Renewal Fund, aiming
to connect and consolidate existing
and planned major historic and
cultural facilities within Kowloon City,

commenced in January 2018 for a
period of six years.

Chi Kiang Street/Ha Heung Road Development Project (TKW/1/001) -
before and after redevelopment

planning stUdies

Planning studies play a vital role in the formulation of development strategies and planning
standards and the preparation of town plans. They serve primarily as a means to investigate,

analyse or address planning issues, formulate planning intentions or concepts, and provide
a basis for formulating and evaluating proposals. Appendix 2 shows the consultancy studies
undertaken by the Department in 2018.

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