Building Construction Permitted in 42.2㎢ Suwon Military Airfield Zone Without Military Coordination

Five cities in the flight safety zone near Suwon's military airfield can now issue construction permits without military coordination through local government heads.

According to Gyeonggi Province on the 20th, the province recently completed deliberation by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 10th Combat Flying Wing signed an "agreement on delegation of military coordination affairs" with five local governments: Gunpo, Ansan, Yongin, Uiwang, and Pyeongtaek.

The delegation of military coordination affairs is a system that allows administrative agencies (local governments) to issue construction permits without coordination with the relevant military unit commander for military facility protection zones and flight safety zones.

The area where the delegation expansion was decided is 42.2㎢ within the flight safety zone of Suwon's military airfield, equivalent to approximately 14.6 times the area of Yeouido.

Specifically, the areas are as follows: Gunpo 22.25㎢ (Sanbon-dong, Geumjeong-dong, Daeyami-dong, etc.), Ansan 1.77㎢ (Suam-dong, Jangsang-dong, Bugok-dong, etc.), Yongin 3.61㎢ (Namsa-myeon area), Uiwang 5.68㎢ (Wolam-dong, Chopyeong-dong, etc.), and Pyeongtaek 8.89㎢ (Jinwi-myeon area).

These local governments can now issue permits for new construction and expansion of buildings, installation and modification of structures within the altitude restrictions of 165~178.21m per flight safety zone without separate military coordination.

Park Tae-young, head of the Province's Military Cooperation Division, said, "The expansion of military coordination delegation will reduce the time and costs required for development activities by local governments and individuals, and enable prompt processing of civil petitions."