Davinia Ramírez, Councilor for Urban Planning: “We have achieved a decrease in accommodation density and introduced commercial activity, which is a great complement to the tourist activity developed in the area.”
The Local Government Board of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council has approved granting the Major Works License for the construction of a commercial warehouse promoted by Aldi Supermarkets on Plot 33 of Sonneland, next to the Los Olivos urbanization. The Department of Urban Planning headed by Davinia Ramírez (CC) thus grants the license that allows the project to be carried out, which will have a material execution cost of 1.469.336 euros and will result in a collection of 47.018 euros for the municipal coffers, as ICIO.
In the description of the project, the promoter indicates that the construction of a warehouse that will have a single floor will be carried out on a plot of 5.590 square meters. This warehouse will have a surface area of 2.047 m² and the rest of the plot will be used as a parking lot, with 97 spaces, and an open-plan room of 1.196 m². The file for the approval and granting of this license began in 2021 with which the Minor Modification of the PGOU'96 was requested to change the said use of the plot that was listed as consolidated urban land. After the planning modification approved in full last October, the plot changed its Use, with 3.600 m² being allocated to tourism and 5.590 m² to commercial use.
In this way, commercial activity was introduced on the plot as a complement to tourist activity, which will have a buildable area of a maximum of 2 heights, and will be used for activities linked to commercial use, supply, waste, loading and unloading, etc., which They will be developed entirely within the commercial plot. In this Planning modification, it was defined that the surface of 3.610 m² be used for tourism, allowing the construction of apartments, villas and holiday homes, with a maximum height of 5 floors.
The Councilor for Urban Planning, Davinia Ramírez, highlights that the change of Use of said plot with which it is provided with tourist and commercial infrastructure represents "an opportunity for the owners to get involved in economic investment." "We have achieved a decrease in the accommodation density and introduced commercial activity on the plot that will be a great complement to the tourist activity developed in the area."
For his part, the first deputy mayor of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Alejandro Marichal, highlights that the “important decongestion work” being carried out by the Urban Planning area allows “to facilitate investments, and with them generate direct and indirect jobs.” ”. “It is essential that the Administration and the private sector go hand in hand,” which is why, continues the first deputy mayor, it is essential that this area work with agility since with this “we will return confidence to the business community with whose investments will achieve the renewal and modernization of our tourist destination,” concludes Marichal.
The Expansion Director of ALDI in the Canary Islands and Andalusia, Jesús García, points out that thanks to the achievement of this license “the company maintains its firm commitment to the Canary Islands, where this year we plan to open six supermarkets that will join the 12 that we already have in the Archipelago. With this opening we want to continue bringing our products closer to Canarian homes to offer them a quality, simple and always at the best price purchasing option,” concludes García.
