The councillor of Territory, Fernando Rubio, has explained that it has to be taken again to the plenary due to the modification of the seventh additional disposition of the Law of administrative simplification.
The Consell de Mallorca will debate in the plenary session next Thursday a new approval of the procedure for the extraordinary legalisation of buildings, constructions, facilities and existing uses on rural land out of management whose infringement has prescribed. This is to develop the seventh provision of the Law of Urgent Measures of simplification and administrative streamlining of public administrations of the Balearic Islands, approved by the Parliament of the Balearic Islands.
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The Consell de Mallorca will bring the extraordinary legalisation of out-of-plan housing on rural land to Thursday’s plenary session for approval
The councillor for Territory, Mobility and Infrastructures, Fernando Rubio, explained that this procedure must be brought back to the plenary for approval, as the seventh additional provision has been modified since the island institution approved the procedure in June. ‘The island councils, once the modification of the regulation concerning the previous decree-law has taken place, we must apply a new legal regime of the Law of Administrative Simplification and we consider that it is a good agreement for the interests of Mallorca. Yesterday it was taken to the informative commission and it will be debated in Thursday’s plenary session’.
Rubio pointed out that it is a question of ‘providing a solution to dwellings where the infringement is time-barred, no disciplinary proceedings can be initiated and, therefore, they cannot be demolished either’. ‘The law stipulates that they can be legalised with a series of conditions regarding energy, landscaping and the payment of an economic benefit,’ added the Territorial Councillor.
Specifically, among the conditions required of the owners are that they will be required to submit a technical legalisation project, apply for a licence and comply with environmental measures to reduce light pollution, increase energy efficiency and install water purification systems. In addition, owners who opt for the legalisation of an out-of-order building must pay the corresponding fees and a financial contribution to their local council. These funds must be used for the acquisition, recovery, protection and sustainable management of spaces and natural resources or for the provision of municipal land.
Town councils must resolve the applications submitted between 20 June (the date of the first approval by the Consell) and 14 December 2024. Applicants do not need to resubmit the legalisation applications they have already submitted. In any case, the procedure that is most favourable to them must always be applied. Local councils will be able to establish criteria for landscape integration and harmonisation.