Paju-si Establishes 'Paju-si Urban Planning Change Pre-Negotiation Operation Guidelines'

Presentation of Public Contribution Standards
Use of Development Gains for Regional Balanced Development

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 3rd that it has established the "Paju City Urban Planning Change Pre-Negotiation Operation Guidelines," which include standards for public contributions arising from development profits due to urban planning changes.

Paju City Hall exterior. Provided by Paju City

Urban planning change pre-negotiation is a system where the private sector discusses with local governments in advance the feasibility of urban planning changes and public contributions according to the scale of development before promoting urban planning changes.

The city applied the operation standards for infrastructure donation and return in the "District Unit Plan Establishment Guidelines" to establish the institutional basis of the "Paju City Urban Planning Change Pre-Negotiation Operation Guidelines." In particular, the amount of public contribution was set at a lower level compared to other local governments to reduce the burden on the private sector, and regional balance development was ensured through zone setting based on current status analysis.

The applicable targets include urban management plan decisions (changes) where regulations are relaxed upon private proposals according to Article 26 of the "National Land Planning and Utilization Act," and the guidelines contain detailed matters necessary for pre-negotiations due to urban management plan changes, such as "public contribution application standards" and "pre-negotiation system promotion procedures."

For efficient and transparent negotiations, the city plans to organize negotiation teams and negotiation coordination councils, and determine appropriate public contribution amounts and methods through negotiation, coordination, and consultation.

Through this pre-negotiation system, it is expected that the public interest of private development projects will be enhanced, and benefits will return to citizens through the recovery of profits generated by the projects.

Park Ji-young, head of the Urban Planning Division, said, "We plan to induce private development through flexible urban planning using the pre-negotiation system, and use the appropriately sized development profits returned as public contributions for regional balanced development."

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