Introduction
The following tables give a broad indication of the likely sensitivity of each LCT to certain types of potential development. The potential types of development are not exhaustive, but have been selected as being the most common types of large scale development in Hong Kong.
The tables give a general indication of which type of potential development is likely to be accommodated within the landscape of the LCA without significantly prejudicing its existing character. In making these decisions, the applied test has been 'Would a limited amount of the proposed development type have a significantly negative effect on the character/value of the LCT?' In reaching these decisions, account has been taken of the presence of development of a similar types within the LCT, but also of its overall character, presence of landform and vegetation (which will help to screen and integrate proposed developments), etc.
It is evident from the tables that certain types of potential development are not readily accommodated in many types of landscape. Conversely, there are certain LCTs in which almost any development will have significant impacts on landscape character/value.
It is important that the tables are seen only as broad guidance and not rigid rules. There is inevitably a certain amount of variation within the different examples of any LCT and therefore potential variation to sensitivity to any type of potential development. In addition, specific approaches to siting and design of major developments can make them more (or less) likely to correspond to the character of the existing landscape.
The guidance below is therefore for use in selecting potential locations for future major development and is really a starting point in the site selection and preliminary design process which is carried on through the SEA or EIA process. It is certainly not a replacement for the kinds of technical study which is carried out as part of the planning application or EIA process.Coastal Upland and Hillside Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Peak Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Settled Valley Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Unsettled Valley Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Upland Plateau Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Upland and Hillside Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Rural Coastal Plain Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Rural Inland Plain Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Golf Course Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Reservoir Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Urban Peripheral Village Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö
Miscellaneous Rural Fringe Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Airport Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Cemetery Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Comprehensive Residential Development Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Institutional Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Quarry / Landfill Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Reclamation/Ongoing Major Development Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Residential Urban Fringe Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Theme Park Landscape
ype of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Transportation Corridor Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Miscellaneous Urban Fringe Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö City Grid Mixed Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Civic Urban Waterfront Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö ‘Hui’ Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Industrial Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Late 20C/Early 21C Commercial/Residential Complex Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Low-rise Residential Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Medium/High-rise Commercial Urban Development Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö 'Mixed Modern Comprehensive Urban Development Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Organic Mixed Urban Development Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Park Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Residential Urban Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Rural Township Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Bay Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Inshore Water Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Inter-tidal Coast Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Island Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Offshore Water Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Strait Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö Typhoon Shelter Landscape
Type of Potential Development More Sensitive Less Sensitive Not Applicable/Viable High-rise Commercial Ö Low-rise commercial/Institutional Ö Industrial or Port-related Ö High-rise Residential Ö Medium Rise Residential Ö Low -rise residential Ö Storage / Warehousing Ö Railway or Major Highway Ö Reclamation Ö Quarry or Landfill Ö Golf Course Ö
