Change in Use of Land: A Practical Guide to Development in Hong Kong, 3rd Edition

Preface to the Second Edition 
Preface to the First Edition 

1.  The Importance of Use and Change in Use 
2.  Dual Development Control under the Land Lease and Statutory Town Plan 
3.  What Is a Use? 
4.  Change in Use and Development Control under the Land Lease, Town Plans and the Buildings Ordinance 
5.  The Need for Making a Planning Application to Enable a Change in Use under the Town Planning Ordinance 
6.  'Temporary Uses' and 'Existing Uses' on Private Land under a Statutory Town Plan 
7.  The Possibility of Making a Planning Application and Steps in Checking Whether a Use Requires Planning Permission 
8.  The Relationship among Lease Modifications, Planning Permissions and Building Permissions in the Development Cycle 
9.  Planning Applications, Reviews and Appeals 
10.  Lease Modifications and Waivers 
11.  Building Applications and Appeals 
12.  Enforcement of Leases, Town Planning Ordinance and Buildings Ordinance 
13.  Development Blight 
14.  Information Regarding Leases, Statutory Town Plans and Building Plans 
15.  Problem sets 

Appendices 
Appendix 1: Town Planning Board Guidelines (as at 10 August 2009) 
Appendix 2: Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications 1975–2008 
Appendix 3: Probit and Logit Estimates of Non-Aggregate Statistics Regarding Planning Applications 

References 
Index