Alejandro Marichal: "With this transaction, we consolidate municipal ownership of the property, and the developer also assumes the obligation to rehabilitate it and build affordable housing."
Davinia Ramírez: “It's not just a building: it's a symbol whose restoration represents a gesture of respect for the memory of El Tablero and a commitment to its future.”
La Urban Planning Department of San Bartolomé de Tirajana has taken a fundamental step in the preservation of historical heritage of the municipality with the signature of a urban development agreement which allows the incorporation into the municipal heritage of the emblematic House of Mato and the surrounding land, located in the heart of The BoardThis operation culminates a process pending for more than thirty years and consolidates the public ownership of a property that represents part of the living history of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Historical and social value of the Casa del Mato and the Casa del Estanque
The property, known urbanistically as Pond House, is linked to the agricultural and social origins of The BoardThis space preserves ancient buildings and structures that have been part of everyday life in this enclave for generations. As the Councilor for Urban Planning explains, Davinia Ramírez (CC), Its recovery not only has urban value, but also heritage and sentimental value: it is about returning to the citizens a place that has witnessed the development of the community and that is part of its collective identity..
The PERI “El Balcón del Tablero” and the consolidation of municipal heritage
La House of Mato and its surroundings are included in the Special Interior Renovation Plan (PERI) “El Balcón del Tablero”, finally approved in 1994. This urban planning instrument aimed to organize the traditional core by granting land, opening new roads, and rehabilitating buildings with heritage value. However, the legal and registry complexity of the private plots had blocked the full incorporation of this space into the municipal public domain for three decades.
A key urban development agreement for El Tablero
In this context, the urban development agreement signed between San Bartolomé de Tirajana City Council and the entity Caro Comprehensive Management SL represents a decisive step forward. Thanks to this agreement, the City Council incorporates more than Sqm 4.000 of public land, including the House of Mato, and unblocks the urban development process. The developer assumes the obligation to rehabilitate the Casa del Mato for its integration into the urban environment and to develop free-rent housing on the remaining land, thus contributing to the residential revitalization and the improvement of the urban landscape from The Tablero.
Free transfer and urban protection
This agreement allows the situation to be definitively unblocked by means of free transfer of three plots totaling more than 4.000 square meters, urbanistically protecting this strategic area. This includes a 2.998 m² road plot, a 492 m² green road protection zone, and a 602 m² public cultural use plot, which includes the House of Mato, with a constructed area of 53 m². According to the first deputy mayor, Alejandro Marichal (CC), Municipal ownership of the property and its surroundings is consolidated after thirty years of procedures, and the path is paved for its registration in the land registry and cadastre. At the same time, the developer assumes the obligation to rehabilitate the property and build affordable housing..
Commitment to the memory and future of El Tablero
For his part, Ramírez added that The Casa del Mato is not just a building: it's a shared symbol. Its restoration represents a gesture of respect for the memory of El Tablero and a commitment to its future. This space could become a cultural or neighborhood facility, open to the public and connected to community life.The restoration of the Casa del Mato means recovering part of the local identity and preparing the area for the development of new projects that respect history and project it into the future. With this agreement we are not only urbanizing a key space, but we are also returning to the town a place with soul., concluded Ramirez.
