Ganghwa County Opens One-on-One Building Permit Consultation with Team Leaders

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Ganghwa County announced on the 10th that it will operate the 'Building Permit Division Citizens' Consultation Office' every Wednesday this month, where residents can receive consultations on building and development permit approvals from team leader-level civil servants.

The consultation office will have team leader-level civil servants with extensive experience in permit affairs and specialized knowledge conduct one-on-one meetings with applicants, providing relevant information and addressing concerns and difficulties.

Building and development permit approvals involve complicated procedures and regulations, making knowledge and experience in the relevant field crucial. In reality, it is difficult for ordinary citizens wishing to build their homes to access such services, as cases frequently occur where people suffer setbacks after conducting projects based solely on developers' claims.

To address these issues, the county decided to operate the Building Permit Division Citizens' Consultation Office as a civil-elected 8th term election pledge project. The county concretized this through an organizational restructuring on February 1st, providing realistic and substantive consultations through one-on-one meetings with team leader-level civil servants.

The county expects the 'Building Permit Division Citizens' Consultation Office' to receive strong support from investors and residents, as anyone with development intentions can apply for consultation.

County Governor Park Yong-chul stated, "Due to psychological and institutional barriers to permits, development demand is being constrained and damages occur. Team leader-level civil servants will directly work to lower entry barriers and provide substantive information, and we will continue to make various efforts for swift and consistent permit approvals going forward."