The Teguise City Council has requested the Canary Islands Government to clarify "indeterminate legal concepts" in order to grant licenses in the Chinijo Archipelago. "The objective is to streamline bureaucratic procedures for citizens and provide greater legal certainty to the operators involved," the mayor has argued.
In a statement, the City Council points out that "given the new situation created with the effective nullity of the Governing Plan for Use and Management of the Chinijo Archipelago (PRUG) and with the revival of the previous planning regulations - the Municipal Subsidiary Regulations -", for the Teguise City Council, "new uncertainties" have opened up when granting permits and licenses to the residents of Famara and La Graciosa.
Regarding the effects of the annulment of the PRUG, it points out that "the doubts caused by the precautionary measures adopted by the Department of Territorial Policy of the Canary Islands Government with the initiation of the file for the drafting and processing of the PORN (Plan for the Management of Natural Resources), which affects the same Natural Space, are added".
Therefore, it explains that "the requirement of a prior report from the acting administration when authorizing or reporting the performance of acts that involve a significant transformation of the physical and biological reality that could make it impossible or significantly hinder the achievement of the plan's objectives" is now added to the authorization procedure for actions.
Streamline administrative bureaucracy for citizens
In this regard, the Head of Urban Planning of the Teguise City Council, Olivia Duque, understands that "the report must be issued by the Department of the Canary Islands Government that drafts the document, and that it must be issued within a maximum period of 90 days as indicated in art. 23.3 of Law 42/2007, of December 13, on Natural Heritage and Biodiversity".
"The objective of this request is to streamline administrative bureaucracy for citizens and provide greater legal certainty to the operators involved, so we urge the Department of Territorial Policy to issue a resolution indicating what type of actions, in a generic way, could be exempt from the request for the aforementioned report, as it is understood that they do not involve a significant transformation of the physical and biological reality that could make it impossible or significantly hinder the achievement of the plan's objectives, and especially in what refers to population centers," declared the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort.
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