Urban Planning raises approval for Meloneras 2A to the plenary session, unlocking more than 700 million in investment.

 

The Urban Planning Department of the San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council is presenting a key modification to the urban development plan at the May plenary session: Meloneras 2A , an area that had been blocked for more than 20 years due to differences in the interpretation and implementation of the 1996 plan. As highlighted by the First Deputy Mayor, Alejandro Marichal , “this modification represents a victory for the general interest of the municipality: more than 300.000 m² of public land are freed up, and it finally allows the activation of investments that have been paralyzed for decades.”

 

“The new plan allows these more than 300.000 square meters of public land to be used for sports, educational, social and healthcare facilities, green spaces, and essential roads to meet current and future community needs,” explains the Councilor for Urban Planning, Davinia Ramírez (CC) . Furthermore, thanks to this modification, it is no longer necessary to wait for a comprehensive project before taking action: the subdivision of plots is now permitted , facilitating their adaptation to each project without depending on a single development encompassing the entire plot. The new urban design also includes the elimination of inefficient roads , the reorganization of access points , and the improvement of pedestrian and vehicular routes in key areas such as the beach access and the area around the Conference Center, as well as the creation of parking areas.

 

 

This unblocking also means the release of investments , as planned tourism and residential projects by the private sector can now proceed, such as the expansion of the Hotel Villa del Conde , new tourist accommodation establishments , and holiday resorts . The First Deputy Mayor, Alejandro Marichal, explains that the approval of this final amendment “ will allow an investment of over 700 million euros in the construction of new hotels with 3.600 beds in 1.800 rooms , whose construction will require 1.500 jobs , and which, once built, will generate 900 direct jobs and another 1.500 indirect jobs .”

 

Marichal congratulated the Urban Planning team for their work, stating that " the modification not only resolves a legal and urban planning situation inherited from more than two decades ago, but also focuses on people, as they will benefit from new green areas and public plots ."

 

 

Background 

The Meloneras 2A area had been experiencing a planning impasse for over two decades due to discrepancies in the interpretation of the plan approved in 1996 and the previous Partial Plan of 1987. For years, a clear and agreed-upon plan could not be reached, preventing the completion of the urbanization works and the construction of the planned public and private facilities. An attempt was made to correct some errors in 2001, but the problem persisted. With the aim of finding a definitive solution, the City Council reopened the case in 2022 and commissioned a minor modification to the plan to adjust and clarify the urban design.

 

Since then, the process has followed all the necessary technical, legal, and environmental steps: administrative procedures were initiated, a simplified strategic environmental assessment was carried out, sectoral reports were incorporated , and responses were given to claims submitted by private entities. The amendment has been drafted and endorsed by municipal and external services, and now culminates with its final approval by the full council , thus allowing for land-use planning, the acceptance of housing developments, the construction of public facilities , and the reactivation of long-stalled private investment projects.