Daejangan Neighborhood Urban Development Project Promoted 3 Years Earlier Due to Deregulation

(Suwon = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Jong-ho = The 'Daejangan Village' urban development project in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do, where village development was delayed for 20 years even after being lifted from the development restriction zone, is speeding up the project thanks to the relaxation of related regulations.

Gyeonggi Province announced on the 21st that a proposal to change the urban management plan to increase the use area, including development density, of Daejangan Neighborhood was approved at the Gyeonggi Provincial Planning Committee held on the 18th.

This change includes the relaxation of standards for maintenance of villages that have been lifted from development restricted areas due to the revision of the ‘City/County Management Plan Establishment Guidelines’ in June of this year. This is the first case where the relaxation of maintenance standards has been applied to an actual business.

Previously, it was possible to upgrade the use area only after the adjacent public housing district was completed, but as this standard was changed to 'after construction of the public housing district commenced', the Daejangan neighborhood project implementation period could be advanced by more than three years.

This is because the adjacent Bucheon Daejang public housing district has already begun construction in 2023.

Daejangan Neighborhood, located in the area of 138-5 Daejang-dong, Ojeong-gu, Bucheon-si (293,172㎡), was lifted from the development restriction zone in 2006.

The following year, an urban management plan was decided, but the size of buildings that could be built was limited, making it difficult to secure business feasibility, and the maintenance project did not progress for a long time.

Lee Myeong-seon, head of Gyeonggi Province's Spatial Strategy Department, said, "This deliberation is meaningful in that it is the first case in which relaxed regulations are applied to actual projects and progress has been made in redevelopment of decommissioned villages, which had been delayed for a long time." He added, "After going through procedures such as deliberation by the Bucheon City Planning Committee and designation of urban development zones this year, an implementation plan will be established in 2027, and construction will begin in 2028 and is expected to be completed in 2030-2031."