The Hong Kong government said on September 24, 2026, that it would not appeal against a Court of Appeal judgment concerning the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report for public housing on part of the former Fanling Golf Course site. According to a government spokesperson, the court upheld a lower court ruling that quashed the Director of Environmental Protection's decision to approve the project's EIA report. The government said it had weighed legal advice and made the decision after careful assessment.

The spokesperson said the judgment clarified points of the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance, including that not all additional information outside an EIA report must go through statutory public consultation, depending on each case. In this case, the court found the original report had deficiencies that the additional information could have addressed, and that fairness required a further but limited consultation on that information. The Environmental Protection Department said it would study the guidance and follow the ordinance in future approvals.

Because the judgment overturned the report's approval, the spokesperson said the government would review the way forward for the proposed public housing development, including how non-approval affects its scale and timing. The government said it would announce the way forward at an appropriate time.