The Mallorcan council approve the building freeze

The president of the Mallorcan Council, Maria Antònia Munar, presented urgently to the extraordinary full meeting of the institution held on Friday, July 28, a proposal for urban moratorium for Mallorca. With the sole opposition by Partido Popular (PP), the temporary norm was approved with the favourable vote of the other political forces represented in the Mallorcan Council.

The moratorium implies the suspension of urban licences and affects principally the urban land in tourist zones (POOT) that do not have the basic infrastructure and some of the non tourist areas of Palma and the Serra de Tramuntana, namely Andratx, Banyalbufar, Escorca and Sóller. The building licence freeze will continue until the approval of the Territorial Plan for Mallorcan with a maximum limit fixed by the norms of five years.

The new norm will be exhibited to the public for fifteen days when allegations can be presented, so that modifications could still be included that should be approved by a new full meeting of the Council.

More information:

- The Balearic Governmnet authorises the insular councils to formulate urban moratoriums(26/7/2000)
- Campaign by the GOB in favour of a building and tourist moratorium (27/6/2000)

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Date of publication: 29/07/2000

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