In view of the great rhythm
of urban grown that Mallorca continues to suffer, the GOB has proposed to the
Executive Council of the Mallorcan Council the urgent adoption of a Temporary
Territorial Norm prior to the approval of the Territorial Building Plot Plan
for Mallorca.
In July, 2000, the Balearic Government authorised the insular councils of Mallorca,
Menorca and Ibiza & Formentera to formulate a temporary territorial norm,
prior to the respective territorial planning plans that the said public institutions
must approve. In October, 2000, the full Council Meeting of Mallorca approved
definitely the Temporary Territorial Norm, known popularly as the moratorium,
which takes provisional measures to assure the effective viability of the Territorial
Building Plot Plan for Mallorca.
According to the GOB, the moratorium approved by the Mallorcan Council is completely insufficient to stop the great rhythm of building growth and that it is evident that the measures based on the declassification of urban land are necessary but insufficient. Therefore, the ecological organisation proposes that the Executive Council of the Mallorcan Council should adopt new contention measures against urban growth with the urgent elaboration of a new Temporary Territorial Norm prior to the approval of the Territorial Building Plot Plan for Mallorca to avoid the possibility that this latter already be mortgaged by the present urban growth rhythm. The measures that the GOB propose refer to the introduction of annual quotas for building licences that the Mallorcan Council gives to each Town Council, the reduction of buildability, the suspension of everything un urbanisable land that has not been carried out and to reduce the buildability within rustic land areas.
Meanwhile, the GOB handed on May 30 to the CIM registry, 12 building helmets, one for each member of the Mallorcan government, with a view to reminding them of the large number of existing buildingsites on our island and to encourage them to work towards obtaining an island that is environmentally and economically sustainable.