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aPPendix 3

Statistics of Enforcement and Prosecution Actions
Undertaken in 2020

In 2020, the Central Enforcement and Prosecution Section of the Department

investigated a total of 1 964 suspected unauthorised developments (UDs) in the
rural New Territories. Among these, 493 were confirmed to be UDs. After taking

*
enforcement and prosecution actions, 365 UDs (covering about 58 hectares of
land) were discontinued. Moreover, a total of eight UD cases (covering about 2

ha of land) were subsequently obtained planning permission through the planning
application system (Table 1).

Table 1 Number of Unauthorised Developments Discontinued or

Obtained Planning Permission in 2020 after Enforcement Actions
by Geographical District

No. of Discontinued Cases No. of Cases Obtained
Geographical District
(ha) Planning Permission (ha)

North West New 218 7
Territories (37.67) (1.75)

North East New 125 1
Territories (17.38) (0.04)

16
Sai Kung ---
(2.67)

6
Islands ---
(0.25)

365 8
Total
(57.97) (1.79)

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In 2020, enforcement actions were being taken against 756 UDs. The geographical
distribution of these UDs (with land area involved) by type is shown in Table 2

while Chart 1 indicates the percentage of UDs by type.

* Including those cases carried forward from 2019

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