The building was next to the former site of the Tai Po police station, as well as the Island House, the residence of the District Officer.

[4] As of 2018, the estate also consists of tenants such as Asia Television, AsiaSat, APT Satellite, Oriental Press Group, South China Morning Post Publishers etc.. Tai Po New Town also had a smaller industrial area known as Tai Ping Industrial Centre.

One of the earliest development of the present day Tai Po new town, were multi-storied estates on newly reclaimed land on Kwong Fuk Road [zh] circa the 1960s to 1970s.

The housing estates, known as Luk Heung San Tsuen [zh] were served as the compensation for villages that were suffered from the construction of the Plover Cove Reservoir (船灣淡水湖; 'boat bay fresh water lake'), whose farmland would be under water after the construction of the reservoir.

Those villages from Luk Heung conducted their business activities in Sha Tau Kok in the past.

In 1972, the Executive Council, the de facto cabinet of the Hong Kong colonial government, had approved a 10-year housing plan, which included a proposed expansion of Tai Po, Fanling–Sheung Shui-Shek Wu Hui and Yuen Long as new towns.

Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, was relocated to Tai Po New Town in 1997.

[12] The town was previously served by the Prince of Wales Hospital in the Sha Tin District before its relocation.

In 1997, the Hong Kong Institute of Education, a tertiary public school, moved to its new Tai Po campus.

Other areas of the Tai Po District, such as the northern Sai Kung Peninsula belonged to other OZPs of the board.

It was reported that the area of the modern day Tai Wo Estate, was originally planned for industrial use.

The Government had used part of the shopping centre of Plover Cove Garden as the temporary site of the public library for more than a decade.

[25] Another proposed site near Pak Shek Kok in the Tolo Harbour, had also gathered more than 3,000 signatures in a petition.

[28] However, it was also announced that the reclamation plan in Ma Liu Shui in Tolo Harbour was postponed, despite its inclusion in the recommendations by the Task Force.