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999			_c56134 _d56134
020			_a9789888390700
082			_a333.70951 _bLAI
100			_aLai, Lawrence Wai-chung & Others _969472
245			_aChange in use of land : a practical guide to development in Hong Kong
250			_aEd.3
260			_aHong Kong _bHong Kong University Press _c2017
300			_axii,281p.
505			_aContents Preface to the Third Edition ix Preface to the Second Edition x Preface to the First Edition xi 1 The Importance of Use and Change in Use 1 2 Dual Development Control under the Land Lease and Statutory Town Plan 7 3 What Is a Use? 12 4 Change in Use and Development Control under the Land Lease, Town Plans and the Buildings Ordinance 21 5 The Need for Making a Planning Application to Enable a Change in Use under the Town Planning Ordinance 27 6 'Temporary Uses' and 'Existing Uses' on Private Land under a Statutory Town Plan 30 7 The Possibility of Making a Planning Application and Steps in Checking Whether a Use Requires Planning Permission 33 8 The Relationship among Lease Modifications, Planning Permissions and Building Permissions in the Development Cycle 36 9 Planning Applications, Reviews and Appeals 55 10 Lease Modifications and Waivers 61 11 Building Applications and Appeals 68 12 Enforcement of Leases, Town Planning Ordinance and Buildings Ordinance 77 13 Development Blight 84 14 Information Regarding Leases, Statutory Town Plans and Building Plans 85 15 Problem Sets 87 Appendices Appendix 1: Town Planning Board Guidelines (as at 21 April2016) 103 Appendix 2: Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications 1975-2015 106 Appendix 3: Application Tree Diagrams of 380 Comprehensive Development Area Projects, January 1990-December 2015 195 Appendix 4: Probit and Logit Estimates of Non-Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications 208 Appendix 5: Changes to Practice Notes for Authorized Persons, Registered Structural Engineers and Registered Geotechnical Engineers (PNAPs) since 2010 260 References 262 Index 273
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890			_aChina
891			_aGeneral
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