Gangdong-gu, Facility Improvements Possible Even Before Notice of Apartment Relocation

Improvement of Act Permit and Report System for Reconstruction and Redevelopment Multi-family Housing

Gangdong-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Lee Su-hee) announced on the 6th that it has improved the permit and report system to allow these procedures even before the transfer notification in order to reduce inconveniences for residents of reconstruction and redevelopment apartment complexes in the district and support their stable settlement.

Exterior view of Gangdong-gu Office building. Provided by Gangdong-gu.

The district recently improved and implemented the related system last month to allow facility enhancements even before the transfer notification, aiming to resolve inconveniences caused by delays in transfer notifications after the completion of reconstruction and redevelopment apartment complexes.

In particular, the recently completed complexes such as ‘Gangdong Millennial Joongheung S-Class’, ‘Gangdong Heritage Xi’, and ‘Olympic Park Foreon’ are expected to require more than six months to prepare for the transfer notification for ownership transfer. Accordingly, the district is advancing the timing for permit and report eligibility.

The main causes of delays in transfer notifications include delays in overall completion approval due to delays in infrastructure construction and settlement issues over construction costs between contractors and associations after completion. As a result, it has taken a long time to create building registers and complete real estate registration, making it impossible to obtain permits or submit reports for use changes or non-load-bearing wall removals, thereby increasing inconveniences for residents.

Especially, according to the Enforcement Decree of the Building Act implemented since the end of January 2020, clinics, dental clinics, Korean medicine clinics, academies, and tutoring centers must have detailed uses specified in the building register to obtain permits. Accordingly, in the case of Olympic Park Foreon, which includes 622 commercial units, the demand for permits and reports is expected to increase significantly.

To address these issues, the district improved the system so that the business department pre-receives and reviews the building status and related documents, and reflects that ownership remains with the association until the transfer notification. Therefore, the applicant for permits and reports is now recorded as the association. Actual ownership verification is conducted through the ‘Association Member Confirmation or General Sale Supply Contract’ and the ‘Payment Statement for Share or Sale Price’.

The results of permit and report processing will be notified to the civil applicants and related departments, and when the building register is created after the transfer notification, the transfer notification date will be reflected as the permit and report processing date.

Lee Eun-joo, Head of the Gangdong-gu Apartment Housing Division, said, “With this system improvement, we can respond quickly to residents’ demands, and by advancing the commercial unit move-in period, we expect a significant enhancement in convenience for residents.”

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