The proposal for the start of the formulation, processing and approval of the 'Governing Plan for Use and Management of the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park' (PRUG), carried out by the Governing Council of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, was approved this Monday.
Oswaldo Betancort is pleased with this new advance in the territorial planning of the island. "This Government group not only has sustainability as its flag, but also puts in place the necessary mechanisms for the ordering of the island," said the president.
The previous PRUG was approved in 2006, but was annulled in June 2016 by a ruling of the 'Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands', confirmed in December 2017 by the Supreme Court, due to the lack of the mandatory 'Plan for the Management of Natural Resources' (PORN), a plan that the Government of the Canary Islands approved in June of this year.
"We have done our job and we are taking the necessary steps to ensure that the ordering of the Chinijo Archipelago, as well as the 'Special Plan of La Geria', are not overturned by the courts of justice," said the Councilor for Territorial Planning of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, Jesús Machín.
According to Law 4/207 on Land, any instrument of territorial, environmental and urban planning of public initiative requires a prior process of citizen participation that will last one month and in which citizens, groups, associations, etc. may participate, through the web portal of the Cabildo of Lanzarote and expose their proposals on the use and management of the Natural Park.
The (PRUG) thus initiates a processing process that will be prolonged in time and will go through different phases, including the mandatory environmental assessment. This plan aims to provide a solution to the problems arising from the absence of planning instruments that harmonize the uses compatible with the values of the space and adapt them to the purposes of protection and conservation of the Natural Park.
