Article 15(Constructive Authorization Permission) #
(1) When a project implementer has obtained approval of or approval of any revision to an implementation plan under Article 14 or heard opinions thereon, the following permission, authorization, designation, approval, consultations, reporting, etc. (hereinafter referred to as "authorization, permission, etc.") shall be deemed to have been granted, made, given, or completed with regard to matters on which consultations with the heads of relevant central administrative agencies have been conducted; and when the implementation plan is publicly notified in accordance with Article 14 (3), the authorization, permission, etc. under the statutes mentioned in the following subparagraphs shall be deemed to have been publicly notified or publicly announced: <Amended on Jan. 30, 2009; Jun. 9, 2009; Apr. 15, 2010; May 31, 2010; Apr. 14, 2011; Jan. 14, 2014; Jun. 3, 2014; Jan. 19, 2016; Feb. 8, 2017; Apr. 30, 2019; Jan. 29, 2020; Mar. 31, 2020; Jun. 9, 2020; Jul. 20, 2021; Dec. 27, 2022>
1. Permission under Article 11 of the Building Act, reporting under Article 14 of the aforesaid Act, change of matters permitted or reported under Article 16 of the aforesaid Act, permission for, or reporting on a temporary building under Article 20 of the aforesaid Act, and consultation on building works under Article 29 of the aforesaid Act;
2. Approval of an implementation plan under Article 9 of the Special Act on Designation and Management of Free Economic Zones;
3. Permission to occupy and use public waters under Article 8 of the Public Waters Management and Reclamation Act, and approval of, or reporting on an implementation plan for occupancy and use under Article 17 of the aforesaid Act, a reclamation license under Article 28 of the aforesaid Act, consultation or approval under Article 35 of the aforesaid Act, and approval of an implementation plan for reclamation of public waters under Article 38 of the aforesaid Act;
4. Deleted; <Apr. 15, 2010>
5. Approval of a business plan under Article 15 of the Tourism Promotion Act, approval of a plan to develop tourist destinations and a tourism complex under Article 54 of the aforesaid Act, and permission to implement a development project under Article 55 of the aforesaid Act;
6. Permission to use State property under Article 30 of the State Property Act;
7. Determination of an Urban/Gun management plan under Article 30 of the National Land Planning and Utilization Act (the Urban/Gun management plan shall conform to the Urban/Gun basic plan, if the latter is in place), permission for development activities under Article 56 of the aforesaid Act, designation of a project implementer for planned urban facilities under Article 86 of the aforesaid Act, and authorization of an implementation plan under Article 88 of the aforesaid Act;
8. Approval to use any purpose, other than that of infrastructure for agricultural production under Article 23 of the Agricultural and Fishing Villages Improvement Act, and approval of a business plan for a tourism and resort complex in an agricultural or fishing village under Article 82 of the aforesaid Act;
9. Permission for, or consultation on the diversion of farmland under Article 34 of the Farmland Act and reporting on the diversion of farmland under Article 35 of the aforesaid Act;
10. Permission to implement road works by a person other than a road management authority under Article 36 of the Road Act, permission to occupy and use a road under Article 61 of the aforesaid Act, and consultation with, or approval by, the relevant road management authority under Article 107 of the aforesaid Act;
11. Designation of a project implementer for an urban development project under Article 11 of the Urban Development Act and authorization of an implementation plan for an urban development project under Article 17 of the aforesaid Act;
12. Authorization for a project implementation plan under Article 50 of the Act on the Improvement of Urban Areas and Residential Environments and Article 29 of the Act on Special Cases concerning Unoccupied House or Small-Scale Housing Improvement;
13. Permission to open a private road under Article 4 of the Private Road Act;
14. Permission to fell trees, etc. under Article 14 of the Erosion Control Work Act, and cancellation of the designation of an erosion control area under Article 20 of the aforesaid Act;
15. Permission to divert a mountainous district under Article 14 of the Mountainous Districts Management Act, and reporting on the diversion of a mountainous district under Article 15 of the aforesaid Act, and permission for, or reporting on the temporary use of a mountainous district under Article 15-2 of the aforesaid Act;
16. Permission for, or reporting on, cutting standing trees, etc. under Article 36 (1) or (5) of the Creation and Management of Forest Resources Act, permission for, or reporting on, activities inside a reserved forest under Article 9 (1) and (2) 1 and 2 of the Forest Protection Act (excluding protected areas for forest genetic resources), and cancellation of the designation of a reserved forest under Article 11 (1) 1 of that Act;
17. Permission to implement a small river project under Article 10 of the Small River Maintenance Act, and permission to occupy and use a small river under Article 14 of the aforesaid Act;
18. Authorization for a general waterworks project or an industrial waterworks project under Article 17 or 49 of the Water Supply and Waterworks Installation Act, and authorization for the installation of private-use waterworks or private-use industrial waterworks under Article 52 or 54 of the aforesaid Act;
19. Permission to implement a fishery harbor development project under Article 23 of the Fishing Villages and Fishery Harbors Act;
20. Consultation on an energy use plan under Article 8 of the Energy Use Rationalization Act;
21. Approval of an implementation plan for a logistics complex development project under Article 28 of the Act on the Development and Management of Logistics Facilities;
22. Permission to implement a park project by a person, other than a park management agency under Article 20 of the Natural Parks Act (limited to the natural parks prescribed by Presidential Decree and the facilities that meet the criteria concerning the types and scale of park facilities prescribed by Presidential Decree, such as pleasure boat piers and esplanade, for which the determination of, or a revision to, the park plan has been publicly notified after deliberation by the park committee in the relevant park management agency);
23. Permission to open a grave under Article 27 of the Act on Funeral Services, Etc.;
24. Approval of a business plan under Article 15 of the Housing Act;
25. Permission to use and make profits under Article 20 of the Public Property and Commodity Management Act;
26. Reporting on the commencement, alteration or completion of a project under Article 86 (1) of the Act on the Establishment, Management, etc. of Spatial Data;
27. Consultation on the feasibility of integrated energy supply under Article 4 of the Integrated Energy Supply Act;
28. Approval of a business plan under Article 12 of the Installation and Utilization of Sports Facilities Act;
29. Permission to change the form and quality of land under Article 21-2 of the Grassland Act, and permission to divert grassland under Article 23 of the aforesaid Act;
40. Examination of the publication of maps, etc. under Article 15 (4) of the Act on the Establishment and Management of Spatial Data;
31. Approval of an implementation plan for a housing site development project under Article 9 of the Housing Site Development Promotion Act;
32. Approval for, or reporting on the installation of a wastes disposal facility under Article 29 of the Wastes Control Act;
33. Authorization for the installation of a public sewerage system (limited to a night soil treatment facility for the public sewerage system) under Article 11 of the Sewerage Act, permission to implement a public sewerage project under Article 16 of that Act, and permission to occupy and use a public sewerage system under Article 24 of that Act;
34. Consultation with, or approval of, the river management agency under Article 6 of the River Act, permission to implement a river project under Article 30 of the aforesaid Act, and permission to occupy, use, etc. a river under Article 33 of the aforesaid Act;
35. Permission for performance of harbor development project under Article 9 (2) of the Harbor Act, and approval of an implementation plan for harbor development project under Article 10 (2) of that Act;
36. Approval of an implementation plan for national industrial com plex development under Article 17 of the Industrial Sites and Development Act, approval of an implementation plan for general industrial complex development under Article 18 of the aforesaid Act, approval of an implementation plan for up-to-date city industrial complex development under Article 18-2 of the aforesaid Act, and approval of an implementation plan for agricultural and industrial complex development under Article 19 of the aforesaid Act;
37. A business license under Article 7 of the Electric Utility Act, and approval of, or reporting on plans for works for establishing electric installations for private use under Article 8 of the Electrical Safety Management Act;
38. Permission to extract aggregate under Article 22 of the Aggregate Extraction Act;
39. Authorization of an implementation plan under Article 16 of the Development and Management of Deep Sea Water Act, and permission to engage in manufacturing deep sea drinking water under Article 27 of the aforesaid Act;
40. Approval for the establishment, etc. of a factory under Article 13 of the Industrial Cluster Development and Factory Establishment Act, and approval for the new establishment, etc. of a factory under Article 20 of the aforesaid Act;
41. Registration for the opening of a superstore under Article 8 of the Distribution Industry Development Act;
42. Permission to do acts in a protected zone under Article 9 of the Protection of Military Bases and Installations Act, and consultation on a disposition by an administrative agency under Article 13 of the aforesaid Act;
43. Prior consultation for development activities under Article 8 of the Baekdu-Daegan Protection Act.
(2) Any person who intends to obtain constructive authorization permission etc. under paragraph (1) shall submit relevant documents specified by the relevant Acts together, when he or she intends to file an application for the approval of or approval of any revision to an implementation plan or seek opinions thereon.
(3) When Mayors/Do Governors intend to approve an implementation plan or present their opinions thereon pursuant to Article 14, they shall consult in advance with the heads of relevant administrative agencies, if the implementation plan includes any matter falling under any subparagraph of paragraph (1).
(4) The period for consultation prescribed in paragraph (3) shall be 20 days. <Amended on Oct. 24, 2017>
(5) Where the heads of the relevant administrative agencies fail to submit their opinions within the period set forth in paragraph (4) (where the period for reply is extended pursuant to Article 20 (2) of the Civil Petitions Treatment Act, referring to such extended period), consultation shall be deemed to have been conducted. <Added on Oct. 24, 2017>