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Appendix 3
Statistics of Enforcement and Prosecution Actions Undertaken in
2021
In 2021, the Central Enforcement and Prosecution Section of the Department investigated
a total of 2 204 suspected unauthorised developments (UDs) in the rural New Territories.
Among these, 536 were confirmed to be UDs. After taking enforcement and prosecution
actions, 387 UDs (covering about 77 hectares of land) were discontinued. Moreover, a
total of 35 UD cases (covering about 7 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 2021 after Enforcement Actions by Geographical
District
No. of Cases Obtained Planning
Geographical District No. of Discontinued Cases (ha)
Permission (ha)
225 27
North West New Territories
(49.85) (6)
121 6
North East New Territories
(21.03) (0.9)
30 2
Sai Kung
(5.59) (0.44)
11
Islands ---
(0.77)
387 35
Total
(77.24) (7.34)
In 2021, enforcement actions were being taken against 745 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.
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