Pollensa town hall report urges Hotel Formentor suspension of work

Sanctioning the owners won't come to anything, says the deputy mayor

The old Hotel Formentor in Mallorca is being demolished

The old hotel is being totally demolished.

Andrew EdePollensa21/10/2022 17:11

A Pollensa town hall technical report has concluded that the administration must open sanctions proceedings in respect of the complete demolition of the Hotel Formentor.

This has been carried out "in breach of the regulations" and "it is not covered by the licence granted". The report states that contravention of current regulations represents "a serious urban planning infraction" and therefore also urges the "immediate suspension of the works" in order to grant the legally established period for "appropriate legalisation".

The deputy mayor for urban planning, Tomeu Cifre, says that the town hall will open a file to sanction the owners but adds that this "will come to nothing". The report, he explains, does not say that ten months ago the owners presented the town hall with the demolition project, while the licence and project for reconstruction, as obtained following a tourism ministry report, are proceeding.

"What we are not going to do is cause damage to the workers by stopping work when we know that the reconstruction project is being processed and that we are only waiting for some detail to grant the licence (for modification of the demolition)."

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David Holland | over 2 years ago

Marvin Le MartianAndy I remember an article when the work on redevelopment started then stopped for whatever reason. I made the observation then, that the remaining outer wall structure had no visible secondary support and the weather or a good puff of wind would bring the last of what was a lovely old hotel crashing down. But times, styles, and fashions change. the desire for a move upmarket, “ if the old place wasn’t upmarket enough “, require modern Dubai style touches of “sky bars and butlers,” So the odd “ooops “ moment that gives a open new and obviously less expensive redevelopment opportunity to create the new style. Personally I liked the old place.

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Marvin Le Martian | over 2 years ago

This is exactly why Mallorcan politics is taken as a complete and utter joke. Not to mention the ( more than credible ) accusations of corruption of some of those involved, but not least; the building has been demolished without permission! FFS! Like that’s never happened here before? It’s shameful, embarrassing and wrong. Again.