Hotel dispute

AN environmental organisation has filed an official complaint with Pollença Town Hall to demand a halt to construction work on the new Hotel Formentor.

According to the Balearic Ornithology and Nature Defence Group (GOB), the hotel does not have a municipal town planning permit.

As a result, the association is calling for “an immediate stop to the work and the opening of the mandatory urban planning proceedings for a serious infringement, as determined by the Balearic Islands Town Planning Law.”

The GOB claims that there is no record of a licence being awarded for the construction of the building or of the council approving the necessary land reclassification project as established in the Pollença general town plan.

In addition, the group points out that on the plot of the old Hotel Formentor there are still “illegal buildings that have not been demolished, which would al­ so make the granting of a new licence unfeasible as long as they still stand.”

Pollença Town Planning councillor Tomeu Cifre insists that the council has done everything by the book and that they are still waiting for a solution from the regional Environment department.