The Buildings Department has among 21 plans it approved in April cleared the way for low-rise houses in the Southern District and on the Peak as well as four residential buildings in Yau Tong.

Hang Lung Properties (0101) has approval to build 25 blocks of three-story houses plus a parking lot floor for its Burnside Estate at 9 South Bay Road in Repulse Bay.

The total gross floor area is 126,921 square feet.

At Pollock's Path on the Peak a site bought by Yeung Kin-man, founder of Biel Crystal in 2016, has approval for two three-story houses apart from a basement level. The total floor area is 25,554 sq ft.

In Yau Tong, Yuexiu Property (0123) has a redevelopment project on Tung Yuen Street, and that has approval for four residential buildings of 23 to 27 stories.

The project will have a total floor area of 659,458 sq ft, including 1,016 for a non-residential area.

The planning application for the project was approved by the Town Planning Board last year and will provide 1,393 units.

The 21 plans passed in April take in five on Hong Kong Island, eight in Kowloon and eight in the New Territories. Of those plans, 11 are for apartment and apartment/commercial developments, two for factory and industrial uses, and eight for community services features.

Also in April, consent was given for works to start on 14 projects which, when complete, will provide 39,089 square meters of gross floor area for 797 domestic premises and 520,609 sq m non-domestic use.

The Buildings Department has received notification of commencement of superstructure works for 11 of the projects.

The department also issued 16 occupation permits, with five on Hong Kong Island, two in Kowloon and nine in the New Territories.

Of buildings certified for occupation, the gross floor area for domestic use was 143,427 sq m involving 3,696 units and 98,592 sq m for non-domestic use.

The declared cost of new buildings completed in April totaled about HK$6.4 billion.

Yuexiu Property’s redevelopment project in Yau Tong. Sing Tao

21 building plans get the go-ahead