Yeonggwang-gun, Project to Change Land Category for Land with Altered Characteristics 추진

Published 10 Apr.2023 15:38(KST)

Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kang Jong-man) announced on the 10th that it will promote a land category change project for land with altered terrain before the enforcement of the Farmland Act through proactive administration.

Since before January 1, 1973, when the Farmland Act was enforced, some land has been altered and used as residential sites, etc., but the cadastral records still list the land category as farmland. Therefore, when landowners attempt to sell or gift their land, they have been unable to obtain farmland acquisition qualification certificates, preventing the registration of ownership transfer and restricting the exercise of property rights.

Yeonggwang-gun Office Building Exterior [Photo by Yeonggwang-gun]

The county plans to resolve these inconveniences for residents by collaborating with the taxation department over two years until 2024 to thoroughly investigate 1,012 parcels of land that are recorded as farmland in cadastral records but are currently taxed as houses, warehouses, etc., and promote a land category change project to align the cadastral records with the actual land use.

Currently, investigations have been conducted on 542 parcels (in Yeonggwang-eup, Baeksu-eup, Hongnong-eup, Daema-myeon, and Myoryang-myeon), and notices have been sent to landowners and stakeholders of lands eligible for category changes, guiding them to apply for land category changes.

For lands with updated records, the county will request the registry office to register changes in land designation and send completion notices to landowners by mail, enhancing convenience for residents through a one-stop administrative process.

Governor Kang Jong-man stated, “The county does not neglect even the smallest inconveniences faced by residents and is carrying out proactive administration to resolve them. We believe that promoting this land category change project for altered terrain land will help residents exercise their property rights to some extent.”

He added, “We also expect this to contribute to securing accurate taxation data and discovering new tax sources.”