Siheung City Determines Alternative Use of Nongok-dong Site

Gyeonggi Province held an Urban Planning Committee meeting on the 14th and passed the proposed Siheung City Urban Management Plan to allow the Nongok semi-industrial zone factory relocation site in Nongok-dong to be utilized for alternative purposes including residential construction.

The Nongok semi-industrial zone became abandoned land after Sama Aluminum's factory relocated to Poseung Industrial Complex in September 2004 and no other companies moved in. The area has remained undeveloped for years due to its designation as an industrial zone.

According to the province, Siheung City could no longer leave the idle land unused and applied to Gyeonggi Province for an urban management plan decision in January of this year to relocate quantities equivalent to those in the Nongok-dong area to the designated alternative location, Maehwa Industrial Complex.

With the province's Urban Planning Committee passing Siheung City's proposal as submitted on this day, development and utilization of the area has become possible.

Meanwhile, Siheung City has already completed procedures for the Capital Region Coordination Commission review ('08.04.29.) and the Green Belt release ('11.04.12.) regarding comprehensive plans to relocate and develop five Maehwa Industrial Complex sites including the Nongok-dong semi-industrial zone.

However, since all five sites must be relocated simultaneously under the revised ordinance, the Nongok-dong area, which completed review for conversion to residential use in January of this year, could not be formally determined and announced, and has continued to be managed as idle land.

With this urban planning decision, Siheung City plans to establish land utilization plans such as management methods for use-area designations for Daeya 1, Daeya 2, Daeya 3, and Eunhaeng general industrial zones, which were previously included and then removed from redevelopment promotion districts, complete relocation to Maehwa Industrial Complex at the earliest opportunity, and systematically develop, manage, and improve existing industrial zones in a planned and organized manner.