Anyang Pyeongchon New City Becomes Nation's First Pilot District to Clear Urban Planning Review

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Yoo Je-sung] Anyang City, which is pushing forward the Pyeongchon New City redevelopment project, announced on the 3rd that it has secured 3,126 units out of this year's development volume after holding an urban planning committee review.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, Anyang City held an urban planning committee review at the electronic conference room on the 3rd floor of City Hall regarding zones A-17 (Kkeummaeul Geumho Apartment Complex, etc.) and A-18 (Kkeummaeul Woosung Apartment Complex, etc.), which are pilot districts of Pyeongchon New City, and conditionally approved the redevelopment plan (draft).

As a result, the city has secured development volume most rapidly among redevelopment project sites of the first-generation new cities.

The two zones submitted special redevelopment zone designation proposals in October and conducted public notices to gather resident opinions.

However, the urban planning committee review this time is at the stage of reviewing the redevelopment plan (draft) for the designation of special redevelopment zones. The city explained that this does not mean the redevelopment plan has been immediately decided or announced.

For redevelopment zones to be designated, residents must meet the conditions presented by the committee and complete procedures to organize and supplement conditional approval matters through sufficient consultation.

Meanwhile, another pilot district (A-19 zone including Semmaeul Imkwang, etc.) among first-generation new city pilot districts completed preliminary business operator designation last month and has submitted a preliminary redevelopment plan for advance consultation.

Kim Jung-seop, head of the City's Urban Regeneration Division, said, "We have made efforts to accelerate administrative procedures such as holding the urban planning committee review to meet residents' intention to push forward redevelopment projects," and added, "We will carefully review the conditional matters presented by the committee and ensure seamless implementation through the designation of redevelopment zones."