The haste shown by the speed with which the last steps of the legalization and refurbishment license for the Caminito restaurant in Formentera were processed was not justified. And the fact is that the forecasts of the promoters, who shortly before the granting of the license in December last year, had expressed their intention to open at the beginning of last season, have not been fulfilled: the works, almost a year later, have not started and there is no sign that they will do so soon. Thus, the Caminito restaurant has not yet begun the process of comprehensive reform to become the future Lío de Formentera.
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Sa Unió took advantage of a government meeting that Llorenç Córdoba could not attend to grant a permit that in the previous hours had been processed at full speed, precisely to be ready for that session. This license would be part of the investigation of the UCO of the Guardia Civil after the presentation of the documentation by the president presentation of the documentation by the president of the Consell Insular, Llorenç Córdoba. This license was granted thanks to its incorporation as an urgent point in the Governing Board held on Thursday, December 21, 2023.
. A pesar de la velocidad para su aprobación, convirtiéndose en una licencia exprés, de momento no han comenzados los trabajos y la edificación se encuentra en estado de abandono.
The company that carries out the commercial project is Nimbus Formentera, SL. Behind the company is the former president of the PP of Formentera, former mayor and current president of the Hotel Association of Formentera, businessman Juan Manuel Costa Escanellas Paya.
Costa Escanellas is one of the three partners of the company that received the license. He is a joint administrator of the same, as is María Iria Urgell Calderon, who replaced her father, Ricardo Urgell, the founder of Pacha. Also participating in the project is the son of the owner of the former Caminito, chef Stefano Trigo . The restaurant has been closed for years and is in a state of neglect.
As this media has advanced, the license granted has all the favorable reports of all the departments involved and other administrations. However, the speed with which it has been granted has raised suspicions: once the processing was completed, in 48 hours Urbanism of the Consell de Formentera drafted a mandatory 10-page legal report and was approved “urgently” by the Governing Board.
Works
As a result of the reports from the affected administrations, the promoters were forced to modify the original project. Therefore, among the approved works, the following are contemplated demolish the illegal parts of the building and lower the heights until the building returns to the situation in which it was in December 2010 and “adopt the measures of aesthetic adaptation of the activities contemplated in the PTI of Formentera”.
