Gwonseon Administrative Town Satellite District Development Project Method 'Under Consideration'

Suwon City is deliberating over the project method for the Gwonseon Administrative Town satellite district development project being pursued through public development.

According to the city on the 29th, the urban basic plan was revised to designate 60,179㎡ (40 parcels) of productive green land surrounding the Gwonseon Administrative Town as a commercial zone to accommodate neighborhood facilities, business and commercial facilities.

Within the 139,690㎡-scale administrative town are concentrated public facilities including the Gwonseon District Office, police station, and health center, but since there are no business and commercial facilities in the surrounding area, the decision was made to develop a satellite district.

Initially, 23 landowners within the satellite district formed a cooperative association to proceed with the satellite district development project, but abandoned the plan as economic conditions deteriorated.

The landowners announced this at a resident briefing held on December 29 last year. As the current cooperative method (land readjustment method) has become difficult, opinions among landowners regarding the project method are divided.

Accordingly, the city plans to hold a second resident briefing session around mid-next month to help landowners understand urban development projects. At the briefing, the city plans to compare and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each project method—including the procurement method where a construction company is selected, the land readjustment method where the local government directly develops, and the cooperative method—and explain these to landowners.

The city also plans to address the issue of the reduction rate application (where a certain proportion of land is reduced) in cases where residents request proceeding with a land readjustment method without purchasing the landowner's land.

A city official stated, "Landowners must decide on the project method for administrative procedures to proceed, but it is difficult to reconcile their different opinions. Once landowners decide on a project method through this briefing, we will obtain resident consent documents and proceed with the consulting project to establish the satellite district development plan," the official said.