Hoengseong County Shortens Permit Project Timelines with Cadastral Status Surveys for Lots Scheduled for Registration Conversion

Enhancing Civil Convenience by Reducing Boundary and Time-Related Costs

Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province announced on the 16th that it will collaborate with the Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation (Hoengseong Branch) to conduct cadastral status surveys for mountain (forest land) lots that are scheduled for development or conversion of registration prior to obtaining permits. The county also plans to actively encourage local surveying and design offices to carry out such cadastral status surveys.

A panoramic view of Hoengseong County Office.

Until now, it was common practice to begin construction after obtaining permits and then apply for a conversion registration survey. As a result, frequent changes in line and area during the permitting process often led to design modifications, which in turn caused additional costs and project delays, resulting in repeated inconveniences.

In particular, in Hoengseong County, privately owned mountain land lots-excluding national and public land-account for 10% of the total number of cases and 41% of the total area. This makes it urgent to conduct cadastral status surveys for lots scheduled for registration conversion in relation to the permitting process.

Shin Seungil, Director of the Land and Property Division of the county, stated, "By conducting and promoting cadastral status surveys for lots scheduled for registration conversion before obtaining permits, we can resolve discrepancies between design surveys and cadastral surveys, eliminating unnecessary design changes. This will not only drastically improve convenience for civil petitioners by saving them boundary-related and time-related costs, but also ensure that actual and cadastral boundaries match, greatly contributing to the accuracy of cadastral information."

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