Suwon Restricts Building Permits for Multi-Family and General Buildings in 21 Urban and Residential Environment Improvement Districts

Building permits for multi-family buildings and general structures will be restricted starting from the end of this month in 21 planned urban and residential environment improvement districts (hereinafter "planned improvement districts") in Suwon covering approximately 548,000 pyeong.

Suwon City announced on the 10th that it plans to restrict building permits in these districts as indiscriminate construction activities are expected to increase maintenance project costs and cause damage to residents.

Prior to this, the city requested Gyeonggi Province on the 20th of last month to enable the restriction of building permits within the relevant districts.

The planned improvement districts subject to the building permit restriction are 21 out of 25 districts designated by the city through the notice of the "2010 Suwon City Urban and Residential Environment Master Plan" on September 14, with a total area of 548,449 pyeong.

Among the planned improvement districts, the Hansin Apartment area in Ingye-dong (District 115-12), an apartment complex located at Lot 319-6 in Ingye-dong within the reconstruction districts of Yeonmu-dong and Ingye-dong, is excluded from the building permit restriction measure.

Additionally, the residential environment improvement district covering approximately 225,156 pyeong in Seryou-dong, Godeung-dong, and Pyeong-dong, which underwent deliberation by the Gyeonggi Province Joint Committee (Urban and Architecture) Subcommittee on the 1st and is set for district designation and notice, has already been subject to building permit restrictions since two years ago.

The construction activities subject to restrictions within the planned improvement districts are the issuance and extension permits for buildings as specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Building Act, the change of use prescribed in Article 14, and the commencement report in Article 16.

The building permit restriction period extends up to two years from the announcement date of the restriction measure, and the building permit restriction notice is expected to be announced by the end of this month at the latest, following the province's approval and the mayor's final approval process.

Kim Jong-seok, Team Leader of the Housing Planning Division at the City's Architecture Department, explained, "Cases such as the construction of multi-family buildings for the purpose of securing apartment sales rights have been occurring," adding that "the measure is intended to prevent damage to residents in planned improvement districts, suppress real estate speculation, and prevent wasteful resource consumption caused by indiscriminate construction activities."