The new land development project to supply 50,000 dwellings through the release of the development restriction zone (green belt, GB) is being put into full swing. The strategic environmental assessment draft for the public housing district in Uiwang Ojeong Wangok, a site subject to the green belt release, has been submitted to establish a basic development plan. If the strategic environmental and climate change impact assessments for another green belt release area, Seongbuk-gu in Seoul, are conducted by the end of this year, the government's plan for the first occupancy of public housing in six years is expected to be realized.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Environment on the 26th, the strategic environmental assessment draft for the Uiwang Ojeong Wangok public housing district was received by the Ministry of Environment on the 21st. Public review of the strategic environmental impact statement and climate change impact statement drafts will be conducted until the 22nd of next month. A residents' briefing session is scheduled for the 15th of next month.
The strategic environmental impact assessment is to review the adequacy of the plan and the validity of the location from an environmental perspective before establishing and implementing the basic development plan. The climate change impact assessment is a system that evaluates the impacts on climate change before proceeding with major national plans or large-scale development projects.
In November last year, the government announced plans to supply 50,000 dwellings in new housing sites released from the green belt to respond to the housing supply shortage. According to this plan, a total of 6.89 million square meters (about 2.08 million pyeong) of green belt will be released, including ▲ Seongbuk-gu Seongri-Pool District (20,000 dwellings) ▲ Goyang Daekok Station Area (9,400 dwellings) ▲ Uiwang Ojeong Wangok (14,000 dwellings) ▲ Uijeongbu Yonghyeon (7,000 dwellings).
Uiwang Ojeong Wangok District announced that it plans to use 33.7% of its total area of 1,877,795 square meters for dwelling construction, as indicated in the strategic environmental impact assessment and climate change impact assessment drafts. The plan established for commercial facility land is 3.7%, and for urban support facility land, it is 4.8%.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to design the city to minimize environmental impacts such as traffic noise in housing construction areas by dispersing urban support facilities around the Gwacheon-Bongdam Urban Expressway. They also aim to create residential complexes in conjunction with the Uiwang Hochun Public Housing District and the Baegun Valley Urban Development Project.
An official from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, "Since infrastructure facilities are established around the planned district with the Uiwang Hochun Public Housing District and the Uiwang Baegun Valley Urban Development Project, we will be able to form key areas that connect each living zone," and noted that, "With rail projects such as the Metropolitan Area Express Railway (GTX)-C Line and the Indeokwon-Dongtan Line underway, it is possible to establish a rational transportation system connecting each living zone."
Prior to Uiwang Ojeong Wangok District, the Goyang Daekok Station area had submitted drafts for the strategic environmental impact assessment and climate change impact assessment and had also completed the residents' briefing session. It is the fastest-moving project among the new land development projects.
Seongbuk-gu Seongri-Pool District is in the stage of defining the items and scope of the strategic environmental impact assessment and climate change impact assessment. Uijeongbu Yonghyeon has not yet reached this procedure.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport plans to enter the strategic environmental and climate change impact assessment phase by the second half of this year. Subsequently, in the first half of next year, they plan to complete the designation of public housing districts in these areas. The government presented a blueprint last November, stating that it would begin sales in 2029 and the first occupancy in 2031.