The Seoul Metropolitan Government has designated eight locations, including 638 Banhak-dong in Dobong-gu and 214 Sangdo-dong in Dongjak-gu, as candidates for rapid integrated planning dwellings.
On the 27th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government held the '2025 4th Selection Committee for Redevelopment Candidates,' making this decision known on the 28th. With this selection, the total number of areas for rapid integrated planning redevelopment has reached 130.
The newly selected areas have a high degree of deterioration and include many semi-basement dwellings, indicating a significant need for improvement in residential environments. The Seoul Metropolitan Government noted that the willingness of residents to participate and the connectivity with adjacent development projects were considered comprehensively.
The 638 area of Banhak-dong in Dobong-gu and the 2-92 area of Garibong-dong in Guro-gu are adjacent to already selected candidate sites and the Moa Town, with expectations for significant improvement in residential environments through connectivity with infrastructure such as roads. The 214 area of Sangdo-dong in Dongjak-gu has more than 70% semi-basement dwellings, while the 133-1 area of Dorim-dong in Yeongdeungpo-gu is an area with a history of flooding, making the need for improvement in the residential environment urgent.
Among the selected areas, four were conditionally selected. The area of 419-1 Sadang-dong in Dongjak-gu was given conditions to consider the positions of some opposing residents by requiring specific submission of resident feedback on the advancement of the project and plans for access roads.
During this selection committee, consultations were also conducted on two cases that were conditionally selected in the November 2023 selection committee, resulting in a decision for re-consultation for the 416-53 area of Mangwon-dong and conditional approval for the 152-65 area of Jeonnong-dong.
Concerns were raised about potential damage to local businesses when advancing the redevelopment project in the 416-53 area of Mangwon-dong, prompting a thorough analysis of the local business environment and a request for re-consultation after reviewing the appropriate boundaries.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government plans to support subsidies for establishing maintenance plans in the selected candidate areas, aiming to complete designation of maintenance zones within two years by introducing rapid integrated planning, which previously took more than five years, reducing the time by an average of 2 to 2.5 years, and further shortening the period by another six months.
Additionally, during the process of establishing maintenance plans, it is planned to apply business viability correction factors, current floor area ratios, and three-dimensional parks established in the 2030 Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance Basic Plan according to local conditions to secure the feasibility of projects.
The selected candidate areas will be designated as land transaction permission zones to completely block transactions for speculative purposes, such as gap investments, and measures will be implemented to prevent speculative actions, such as fractional ownership, by notifying the date of rights assessment for each candidate area and restricting building permits according to building laws.
Choi Jin-seok, head of the Housing Department at the Seoul Metropolitan Government, said, "The selected candidate areas are severely dilapidated residential areas with very poor infrastructure, densely populated with semi-basement dwellings, making residential environment improvements urgent due to vulnerabilities such as flooding. We will provide administrative support to create a rapid supply of dwellings and better residential spaces through rapid integrated planning."