Approval rate up for developing agricultural land into brownfield sites, Hong Kong study shows

The approval rate for applications to develop unused agricultural land into brownfield sites surged from 71 per cent in 2008 to 88 per cent last year, a Hong Kong World Wide Fund study shows. The study also found that of 192 potential housing sites identified by the Development Bureau, 78 were green belt sites – heavily vegetated areas normally reserved as a buffer between built-up and environmentally fragile areas – 58 were government, institutional and community land, and 24 were...