Construction Permit Process Simplified in Flight Safety Zone

Construction permits and notifications for buildings in altitude-restricted zones within the flight safety area of the Air Force 10th Fighter Wing military aviation base will now be handled directly by Gwonseon-gu without coordination with the military unit, significantly streamlining civil service processing.

Gwonseon-gu (head of office Kim Chang-gyu) announced that it concluded a 'consignment agreement for altitude restriction operations on buildings within the flight safety zone of the military aviation base area (hereinafter referred to as consignment agreement)' with the Air Force 10th Fighter Wing as of July 31 this year. (Related article: This newspaper's report dated April 10)

Since January this year, the district held six rounds of consultations with the Air Force unit to discuss delegating to Gwonseon-gu the processing of altitude restriction operations for newly constructed or expanded buildings within flight safety zones 3, 5, and 6 of the main runway of Suwon Air Force Base and zone 3 of the emergency runway.

With the signing of this agreement, the district can directly process altitude restriction operations in the designated area without coordination with the Air Force unit.

Previously, the processing of construction permits and notifications for buildings in altitude-restricted zones surrounding Suwon Air Force Base facilities required coordination with the Air Force unit. Due to military security and other concerns, the consultation period took approximately three weeks—more than twice as long as other agencies—while also imposing material costs of 1 to 1.5 million won for benchmark surveying due to altitude restrictions, placing both temporal and financial burdens on applicants.