O Se-hoon's Private Redevelopment Public Offering at End of September... Full Application of 2-Type 7-Story Regulation Relaxation

Public Planning Full Implementation and City Council Opinion Hearing This Month
Reviewing Criteria to Ease Regulations on 'Type 2, 7-Story General Residential Area'

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon / Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Onyu Lim] Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon’s announced '6 Major Regulatory Relaxation Measures for Revitalizing Redevelopment' to boost housing supply will complete implementation preparations and institutional improvements within this month and be fully applied.

Seoul City announced on the 1st that it plans to hold the first public contest for private redevelopment candidate sites applying the 6 major measures at the end of this month.

The 6 major regulatory relaxation measures for revitalizing redevelopment are: ① abolition of the ‘Residential Maintenance Index System’ which acted as a barrier to designating redevelopment zones ② shortening the designation period of maintenance zones from 5 years to 2 years through full introduction of ‘Public Planning’ ③ strengthening democratic procedures for resident consent rates and simplifying the confirmation stage ④ designating new zones in old areas among redevelopment cancellation zones ⑤ improving project feasibility by relaxing regulations in ‘Type 2, 7-story General Residential Areas’ ⑥ discovering new zones through annual ‘Redevelopment Zone Designation Contests’.

Among these, Seoul City is promoting changes to the 'Basic Plan for Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance' including the abolition of the ‘Residential Maintenance Index System’, introduction of ‘Public Planning’, and simplification of consent procedures. Currently, it is preparing for the city council opinion hearing process, and after passing the city council opinion hearing, it will be finalized through the Urban Planning Deliberation Committee review.

Work to change related standards to lift regulations on areas subject to the 7-story height limit in Type 2 general residential areas is also steadily progressing. Seoul City plans to complete the related standard changes by the end of September, coinciding with the completion of the Basic Plan for Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance changes.

A Seoul City official said, "To derive reasonable standards for relaxing regulations in Type 2, 7-story general residential areas, the city is following meticulous procedures such as expert advisory meetings."

Seoul City plans to prepare measures to improve project feasibility through regulatory relaxation in Type 2, 7-story areas while minimizing negative impacts on surrounding areas and systematically managing the city by preserving characteristics of hilly areas, height-restricted zones, and natural scenic zones as much as possible.

Through the public contest for private housing redevelopment candidate sites to be held at the end of September, Seoul City plans to select about 25 sites (approximately 26,000 households) mainly in redevelopment cancellation areas and other aging or slum areas where residential environment improvement is urgent.

In this regard, the city is currently establishing a contest plan containing specific contest targets, selection criteria, and procedures. To prevent resident confusion and promote a fair contest, the contest plan will be officially announced after related preparation procedures are completed.

Additionally, since interest in private redevelopment through public planning has increased after the announcement, the city received complaints that some areas are independently collecting consent forms, and to reduce confusion on site, the city has communicated consent form recognition criteria and precautions to the maintenance project departments of each autonomous district.

Consent forms collected after Seoul City’s announcement (May 26) will be recognized, but the purpose and content of collecting consent forms must conform to the private redevelopment contest (not applicable to public redevelopment).

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