Seoul City Adds 9 Locations Including Yeouido Pilot and Daechi Mido to 'Sintong Planning'

Residents' Requests for 9 Sites Including Songpa Jangmi and Guro Usin Villa
25 Additional Private Redevelopment Candidate Sites Selected by Year-End

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyemin] Nine locations, including Yeouido Sibeom Apartments in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, and Mido Apartments in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, have joined the 'Oh Se-hoon-style' Rapid Integrated Planning.

On the 18th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that it will additionally apply Rapid Integrated Planning to nine redevelopment and reconstruction areas requested by residents. These include two redevelopment sites: Sindang-dong 236-100 area and Sinjeong-dong 1152 area, and seven reconstruction sites: Guro Usin Villa, Yeouido Sibeom, Daechi Mido, Songpa Jangmi 1, 2, and 3 phases, Songpa Hanyang 2nd phase, Godeok Hyundai, and Mia 4-1.

Since August, the city has been accepting applications on an ongoing basis for complexes establishing or revising maintenance plans, and these nine sites applied. Reconstruction projects and existing redevelopment project zones can apply anytime. After submitting an application to the district office, the Seoul city review meeting examines it, and then Rapid Integrated Planning is initiated.

Rapid Integrated Planning is a system where the public sector acts as a supporter from the early stages of establishing maintenance plans, assisting with planning and procedures. The public sector simplifies the complex maintenance project process while securing public interest. Through integrated reviews, the review period can be shortened by half. With the addition of these nine sites, the total number of areas applying Rapid Integrated Planning has expanded to 20.

The nine newly added areas have long been stagnant due to regulations such as Type 2 seven-story limits, consistency issues with district unit plans, and resident conflicts. Notably, large-scale reconstruction complexes such as Yeouido Sibeom, Daechi Mido, and Songpa Jangmi 1, 2, and 3 phases have joined.

In the case of Yeouido Sibeom Apartments, a maintenance plan revision was submitted to the city in 2018 but was put on hold because consistency review with the Yeouido Master Plan and district unit plan had to precede. If participating in Rapid Integrated Planning, the 35-story residential area and 15-story regulation for the first building along the Han River (the building closest to the Han River) can be applied flexibly. A Seoul city official said, "Since the city participates in the planning, the consistency review with the district unit plan is expected to proceed quickly."

Daechi Mido Apartments had a maintenance plan proposed by residents in 2017, but the project was delayed for a long time due to prolonged negotiations over park facility relocation. With this Rapid Integrated Planning inclusion, the city is expected to take an active role as a mediator. Guro-gu Usin Villa, a deteriorated villa complex completed in 1988, has faced difficulties in project promotion due to Type 2 seven-story regulations despite being on flat land along a main road. Through this Rapid Integrated Planning, it is expected to be adjusted to a Type 2 general residential area, receiving benefits such as relaxed floor area ratio and height restrictions.

Additionally, the city plans to select about 25 private redevelopment zones where six major redevelopment easing measures will be applied by the end of the year. In the previous call for applications, a total of 102 zones from 24 districts applied. The city plans to increase the number of candidate sites to a total of 50 by next year.

Choi Jin-seok, Director of the Seoul City Urban Planning Bureau, said, "There have been many inquiries about Rapid Integrated Planning from various maintenance project sites, and interest in the ongoing private redevelopment candidate site contest is also high," adding, "I believe the residents' will and desire to improve residential environments and supply quality housing through rapid maintenance projects are leading to their willingness to participate." He continued, "Rapid Integrated Planning will not only promote housing stability for Seoul citizens but also renovate aging residential areas to achieve balanced regional development."

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