Holiday rentals
Council runs out of time for rentals zoning plan approval
The PIAT plan for intervention in tourism areas was meant to have been definitively approved before the election; it won't be.
Planning
Rapid response to stop illegal building on protected land
Stopping illegal building will be done within 24 hours and not three months.
Tourism
Council of Majorca will be at major travel fairs
Regardless of issues with the Balearic government's tourism budget, the Council of Majorca has its own budget.
Infrastructure
Council orders closure of Campanet car park
The Council of Majorca is funding a pedestrianisation project and at the same time insisting that a necessary car park is closed.
Public sector
Government personnel costs have risen 30%
Salary increases and bonuses were frozen during the period of the Partido Popular government.
Transport
Council planning fast lanes for Majorca roads
Fast lanes could be introduced on any roads which at present have two lanes on both sides.
Migrant crisis
Italian interior minister aims jibes at the Council of Majorca
"We thought that the Italian left-wing was weird, but the Spanish left is worse."
Holiday rentals
Council finally approves holiday rentals zoning
20,000 of the holiday rentals places are initially to be available.
Property
Council blocking building in residential coastal areas
Areas in twelve municipalities don't need further "touristification".
Holiday rentals
Rentals licences moratorium to be lifted in mid-July
There is still the unknown of the plan for intervention in tourist areas, an aspect of which will be the determination of the number of rentals places in different zones.
Magalluf
Council calls for Magalluf prostitutes to be shown respect
The women "are victims of mafias which exploit, coerce and mistreat them".
Language
Council to give 250,000 euros in grants for signs in Catalan
While the Council plans its grants, a court has rejected the appeal against Pollensa town hall's grants for Catalan usage.
Holiday rentals
Rentals zoning: more permissive and more restrictive
A more permissive approach for the likes of Ariany and Randa; more restrictive for Arenal and Playa de Muro.
Planning
Council of Majorca legal action over work it funded
The Council of Majorca had awarded a grant for work at Es Guix in Escorca.
Politics
Council of Majorca award-winners represent its values
The president of the Council of Majorca: Majorca is a "great island" that is "plural, diverse and cosmopolitan", a place for everyone.
Transport
Traffic congestion occurring earlier in the year
The Council of Majorca believes there is greater congestion, even if it doesn't yet have the data.
Cycling
Council of Majorca to step up road safety for cyclists
Over 620 special road signs are to be posted around the island to provide greater information for cyclists.
Tourism
Council of Majorca now has tourism promotion responsibilities
The Council of Majorca will be focusing on products for tackling seasonality and on seeking out new tourism markets.
Bylaws
Tougher regulation of street drinking
Proposed ordinance from the town halls federation, Felib, is tougher than what most town halls have at present.
Transport
Call for a cap on the number of hire cars in Majorca
Measures on hire cars had at one point been expected but they weren't included in tourism law reform.
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