The Insular Commission of Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Historical Heritage (CIOTUPHA) has approved on Monday the partial suspension of the Subsidiary Rules of Sant Josep de sa Talaia and the approval of its Provisional Planning Rules (NPP), an urban planning instrument called to provide stability and legal certainty to the municipality while the revision of the general planning is being drafted.
The agreement, adopted by the Consell Insular de Ibiza at the formal request of the Sant Josep Town Hall, responds to the realization that the current planning, approved in 1986, accumulated for decades contradictions, errors and deficits that hindered urban management and generated insecurity for both the administration and for neighbors and businesses. The Provisional Regulations make it possible to re-establish a coherent framework that is in line with current regulations during the transitional period until the new planning is approved.
With this initial approval, Sant Josep will have an instrument that corrects historical problems and covers real needs of the municipality. Among the main novelties is the incorporation, for the first time, of a
The Provisional Regulations also enable a specific area for subsidized housing and organize different urban voids and strategic accesses, such as the entrances to Sant Josep, as well as areas of Cala de Bou and Sant Jordi, with the aim of guaranteeing more open spaces, improving mobility and generating new opportunities for public facilities. All this is proposed with a practically neutral balance between new land and declassifications, so that structural deficiencies are solved without increasing urban pressure.
In the residential area, the NPPs also incorporate the prohibition of tourist rentals in multi-family buildings on urban land, a measure that will enable the activation of urban planning mechanisms to combat illegal tourist rentals, in line with what has been applied in other municipalities on the island.
One of the most significant changes is the reduction of urban and developable land, from the 2,162 hectares foreseen in the 1986 Subsidiary Norms to 1,310 hectares, a reduction of 47.8%. This reduction responds to the need to adjust the planning to the current regulations and to the territorial and environmental reality of the municipality. The new framework sets a maximum capacity of 43,720 inhabitants in the urban areas, although the real ceiling is 31,702 inhabitants in the areas where licenses can be granted directly, the rest being conditioned to the accredited availability of water resources.
The new zoning also reserves sufficient land for equipment and strategic sectors. It includes 8.93 hectares of directly developed land linked to the existing industrial area, with land for economic activity, municipal facilities and public open spaces. In addition, several areas are designated as general systems for future public facilities, including land for a new Civil Guard barracks in Can Burgos, cultural and sports facilities in Cala de Bou and land for the expansion of the Sant Jordi school. In total, the Provisional Regulations establish detailed planning on 517 hectares of urban land, while in the rest it will be necessary to complete the planning before authorizing new construction.
The president of the Consell Insular de Ibiza, Vicent Marí, stressed that this decision “was essential to protect the general interest and ensure that Sant Josep has a viable planning while the new general instrument is being developed“. Marí stressed that the Provisional Rules “correct real deficits, provide stability and order spaces that the municipality needed, especially in the industrial and equipment areas“, and remarked that they offer legal certainty to residents and businesses.
For his part, the mayor of Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Vicent Roig, thanked the joint work with the Consell and noted that “these rules give us oxygen and security while we draft the revision of the general planning“. Roig emphasized that the municipality needed spaces for new endowments, to organize accesses and to respond to the demand for industrial activity, and valued that “a balanced instrumenthas been achieved, which improves urban functionality and reinforces the quality of life without increasing growth“. In addition, he stressed that these rules will allow the delimitation of public facilities without resorting to the figure of general interest, which will streamline procedures and reduce pressure on rural land.
After this initial approval, the Provisional Planning Regulations will be submitted to public information for twenty working days and the corresponding sectorial reports will be requested, including the strategic environmental assessment. Once this phase has been completed, processing will continue until final approval within the maximum period established by law.
