Town planning

MÁS por Palma accuses the PP and Vox of leading the city to urban collapse.

Eco-sovereignists claim that the new law will destroy more than 144 hectares of rural land.

The members of MÉS por Palma, Miquel Àngel Contreras and Neus Truyol.
ARA Balears
14/07/2025
1 min

PalmMÁS por Palma denounced this Monday that the new urban planning law approved by the PP and Vox will lead to the "urban collapse" of the city and destroy more than 144 hectares of rural land, in addition to causing a population increase of 36,701 people in neighborhoods without basic services. The spokesperson for the eco-sovereignty party, Neus Truyol, warned that the regulations are "at the service of speculation and against the well-being of the people of Palma," reported the Efe news agency.

Truyol warned that the implementation of the law will create residential neighborhoods with unaffordable housing—up to 300,000 euros—and without public facilities, such as schools, green spaces, or parking. "They will build homes that families won't be able to afford in places where essential services are lacking. The result will be more traffic jams, more overcrowding, and more collapse," she stressed.

The eco-sovereignty spokesperson denounced the "cynicism" of the Catalan government for declaring a housing emergency to build "massively, even at higher prices, both on rural and developable land," instead of regulating housing prices.

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