Historic fine of 1.15 million euros for the Formentor Hotel for violating urban planning law

PalmPollença City Council has imposed a €1.15 million fine on the Formentor Hotel for violating planning laws. This was announced by the GOB (National Government of Pollença), which welcomed the fine, which comes after the complaint filed by the environmental organization In May 2023.

With this fine, the Pollensa City Council confirms that the developer Inmobiliaria Formentor, SA built the hotel without the required planning permit. Initially, the fine was €1,925,934, but after the company admitted responsibility and applied the reductions provided for in the LUIB, the final fine is set at €1,155,560.40.

It should be remembered that since the beginning of the works, the GOB repeatedly denounced that the hotel was being built on unconsolidated urban land, without the corresponding reparcelling project having been approved or executed, that the construction did not have the mandatory building permit, which made it an illegal and illegal project with the Pollença City Council having shown clear negligence by allowing the work to go ahead despite repeated warnings.

Despite the historic fine for the construction company, sources from the GOB regret that the Pollença City Council did not definitively stop the works and that the hotel is, despite all the absurdities and illegalities of the works, open and fully operational, with rooms that can cost up to 3,000 euros per .

Finally, and despite the criticism, the environmental entity values "positively the imposition of the fine and celebrates that the City Council has recognized the seriousness of the violation".