lmichael

Bill

A golf course always requires an Environmental Impact Assessment under the EIA Ordinance (Schedule 2, O.1).

I have checked on the EIA website and no EIA has been submitted to Environmental Protection Department for such a project, let alone approved! It is illegal to begin construction of a Golf Course without such an approval.

I suggest that you refer what you found out together with the photos to Environmental Protection Department and ask them to conduct an investigation.

Well done for checking this out - it is always worth being vigilant about such things.

lmichael

Does a driving range require an EIA?

Good point, the exact wording in the EIAO is 'an outdoor golf course and all managed turf areas'

However neither golf course nor managed turf area is interpreted in the ordinance. I don't know if there is a precedent - any driving ranges constructed since the ordinance?

Another point is that Po Toi has no Outline Zoning Plan - it may be worth pushing Planning Department to prepare one.