Yongin City "Rapid Promotion of Agricultural Promotion Area Deregulation within Idong-Namsa System Semiconductor Industrial Complex"

A total area of 1.3 million㎡... Deregistration application period shortened from 7 months to 1 month

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 22nd that it plans to promptly lift the designation of agricultural promotion areas within the planned site to facilitate the smooth establishment of the advanced system semiconductor national industrial complex in the Cheoin-gu Idong and Namsa-eup areas.

A panoramic view of Idong and Namsa-eup areas in Cheoin-gu, Yongin-si, where the advanced system semiconductor national industrial complex is being established.
[Photo provided by Yongin-si]

To this end, the city explained that it requested Gyeonggi Province on the same day to lift the designation of 1,303,000㎡ of land within the industrial complex project site that is currently designated as agricultural promotion areas. Among the agricultural promotion areas requested for lifting, 1,104,000㎡ are agricultural promotion zones, and 199,000㎡ are protection zones. This corresponds to 17.9% of the total planned industrial complex area of 7,280,000㎡.

Under the current Farmland Act, only activities directly related to agricultural production or farmland improvement are permitted in agricultural promotion areas, making it essential to lift the designation to establish the national industrial complex.

The city previously received a 'consultation request for industrial complex plan approval application' from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport last month, and about a month after receiving the review request necessary for approval, it decided to lift the agricultural promotion area designation within the industrial complex zone and is proceeding with the related procedures.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin City, explained, "In the past, it took at least seven months from the review request for approval to requesting the lifting of agricultural promotion areas from the province during the industrial complex establishment process. This time, we significantly shortened that period through thorough prior preparation."

Following the city's request to lift the agricultural promotion area designation, Gyeonggi Province plans to conduct reviews such as the Agricultural, Rural, and Food Industry Policy Deliberation Committee next month. Afterward, if the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs approves the lifting of the agricultural promotion area designation, the area will be officially reclassified as 'outside agricultural promotion areas.'

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