Arrival of degrowth: Artà approves a reduction of tourist places

PalmaThe plenary session of the Artà City Council has initially approved this Monday the Point Modification number 7 of the Subsidiary Norms (NS), which adapts the municipal planning to the Intervention Plan for Tourist Areas of Mallorca (PIAT) and establishes new limits on the municipality's tourist capacity. The proposal went ahead with the favorable votes of PSIB-PSOE and El Pi and the abstentions of UIA-MÉS per Mallorca and the PP.

The modification aims to stop the growth of new places and initiate a progressive and orderly decrease in those areas where the maximum established capacity is currently exceeded. The proposal is based on a technical study commissioned by the City Council on the distribution of tourist uses, their relationship with the resident population, and the impact on the different centers of the municipality.

In urban land, the modification establishes a maximum density of six tourist places per hectare in the center of Artà and seven places per hectare in the rest of the urban centers. This means setting a maximum of 588 places in Artà, 152 in Colònia de Sant Pere, 293 in Montferrutx, 90 in l'Estanyol, 160 in Betlem, and 174 in Sant Pere.

Overall, the new limits represent a theoretical reduction of 661 tourist places in urban land compared to those currently existing.

Rustic land

Regarding rustic land, the change in planning sets a maximum ceiling of 2,000 tourist places, a figure lower than the currently existing places. It also restricts tourist stays in multi-family dwellings and limits the incorporation of new tourist uses in cataloged buildings and in the old town of Artà.

Finally, the agreement provides for the suspension for two years of the processing, authorizations, and licenses that are incompatible with the new regulation while the processing of the modification is completed.