Suwon Urban and Residential Environment Improvement Districts: Construction Permits Restricted at 21 Sites for Multi-Family and General Buildings

Construction permits for multi-family buildings and general structures will be restricted at 21 of Suwon's urban and residential environment improvement planned districts (hereinafter referred to as improvement planned districts), covering approximately 548,000 pyeong, beginning late this month.

On the 10th, Suwon City announced plans to restrict construction permits in these districts due to expected increases in improvement project costs and resident damages resulting from indiscriminate construction activities within the planned districts.

Prior to this, the city requested Gyeonggi Province on the 20th of last month to enable construction permit restriction measures within the relevant districts.

The improvement planned districts subject to construction permit restrictions comprise 21 of the 25 districts designated by the city through the announcement of the '2010 Suwon Urban and Residential Environment Master Plan' on September 14, with a total area of 548,449 pyeong.

Among the improvement planned districts, the Ingyedong Hanshin Apartment area (District 115-12), located at 319-6 Ingyedong, an apartment complex within the reconstruction districts of Yeonmudong and Ingyedong, is excluded from the construction permit restriction measure.

Additionally, residential environment improvement districts covering 225,156 pyeong in the Seryudong, Godeungdong, and Pyeongdong areas, which underwent subcommittee deliberation at the Gyeonggi Province Joint Committee (Urban and Architecture) on the 1st and are awaiting designation and announcement of improvement districts, have already implemented construction permit restrictions for the past two years.

Construction activities subject to restrictions within the improvement planned districts include new construction and expansion permits specified in Articles 8 and 9 of the Building Act, change of use regulated in Article 14, and commencement reports under Article 16.

The construction permit restriction period extends up to two years from the announcement date of the restriction measure. The restriction measure is scheduled to be announced by late this month following approval by the province and final authorization by the city mayor.

Kim Jong-seok, head of the Housing Planning Team at the City Planning and Architecture Division, stated: "Cases of new multi-family building construction for the purpose of securing apartment pre-sale rights are occurring," and explained that "this measure is intended to prevent resident damages within improvement planned districts, suppress real estate speculation, and prevent resource waste caused by indiscriminate construction activities."