The Partido Popular government in the Balearics is to scrap the Balearic Environment Commission. This body, the government argues, represents an obstacle to planning. It creates unnecessary delays and it has appeared to operate according to political rather than just technical criteria. For a government that has vowed to cut planning bureaucracy and simplify procedures, the commission has to go.
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I understand there will still be a department headed by a director to deal with these environmental issues, just not a huge committee never reaching consensus and delaying decisions.
If the PP gets their way there will be luxury hotels built on Dragonera, Cabrera and everywhere else! Mcdonalds and shopping centres on Es Trenc beach,. Their short term greed will destroy Mallorca.