“Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote” reports the “numerous irregularities” of the new General Plan of Yaiza to the Prosecutor's Office

"Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" reports the "numerous irregularities" of the new General Plan of Yaiza to the Prosecutor's Office

"Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" has filed a complaint with the Arrecife Prosecutor's Office reflecting "the numerous irregularities" it has detected in the Supplementary General Plan of ...

February 19 2013 (14:34 WET)
Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote reports the numerous irregularities of the new General Plan of Yaiza to the Prosecutor's Office
Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote reports the numerous irregularities of the new General Plan of Yaiza to the Prosecutor's Office

"Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" has filed a complaint with the Arrecife Prosecutor's Office reflecting "the numerous irregularities" it has detected in the Supplementary General Plan of Yaiza. The group believes that these alleged irregularities "could constitute a crime" and has therefore decided to go to the Prosecutor's Office.

"The new General Plan of Yaiza intends to annul all judicial decisions," the group insists in its complaint. In its writing, they cite the cases of the Playa Blanca partial plan, the Costa Roja partial plan, the Puerto Calero partial plan and the Costa Papagayo partial plan.

Regarding the Playa Blanca partial plan, the complainants cannot explain that the General Plan of Yaiza "suddenly intends not only to legalize the homes that are already built, but also to allow the area to continue to be developed." This plan was declared extinguished by the Justice system and, despite this, the planning contemplates not only legalizing the existing houses, but also authorizing new ones and allowing the construction of a 539-bed hotel.

Likewise, this group also denounces what the new planning intends to do with the controversial land of Costa Roja, located at the entrance of Playa Blanca and immersed in several judicial proceedings. The plan converts this area into "developable land".

It should be remembered that it was in 2006 when the former mayor of Yaiza, José Francisco Reyes, granted licenses to build more than 1,000 homes and 220 commercial premises on this land, despite the fact that it was not classified as urban or developable and, in addition, he hid it from the Cabildo. Reyes and two municipal technicians are charged with prevarication and awaiting trial for this cause.

Later, a second attempt to build in Costa Roja gave rise to the "Unión" case, when the then councilor Carlos Espino reported having suffered an attempted bribery by Fernando Becerra, on behalf of Luis Lleó.

The house of Carlos Morales

"Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" also refers in its complaint filed with the Prosecutor's Office to the Puerto Calero partial plan and, specifically, to the house of Carlos Morales. "We do not understand that now the drafters of the Supplementary General Plan want to change the classification of rural land for territorial protection to residential developable land," he points out in the lawsuit.

In addition, he recalls that the architect is charged with an alleged crime against land planning in the framework of the "Unión" case for the construction of that house.

Regarding the Costa Papagayo partial plan, "Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" especially denounces the situation of the Princesa Yaiza hotel. Again, former mayor José Francisco Reyes granted licenses for the construction of a 660-bed hotel in the Costa Papagayo partial plan, which in 2008 were declared null by the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands.

"What we do not understand now is that with the new and still unapproved Supplementary General Plan of Yaiza, the doors are opened to legalize what was illegalized by the Justice system," they point out from this group in their complaint to the Prosecutor's Office. For all this, "Vecinos Unidos Lanzarote" requests the Prosecutor's Office to "determine if said planning should be rethought."

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