Formentera files contentious-administrative appeal to block change in General Coastal Regulation

foto 2022x afectats AToday Ana Juan, Alejandra Ferrer, Rafael González and Javier Serra (Consell de Formentera president, vice-president, councillor of territory and Sa Unió councillor, respectively) met with a group of individuals affected by coastal demarcations on Formentera. Employees of Consell de Formentera legal services spoke to members of the Platform of Islanders Affected by the Coastal Demarcation (Plataforma d'afectats per la delimitació costera, PADC) about the contentious administrative appeal that local government will present concerning the General Coastal Regulation.

President Juan pledged to fight to defend affected individuals' legitimate properties and touted renewed political consensus on an issue that she cast as "fundamental for the island of Formentera and for many families". As Councillor González explained, "we are asking for the withdrawal of changes made this August to the General Coastal Regulation which increase the margin for arbitrary decisions in boundaries and in the granting of administrative concessions on public land", he said.
 
Historically on Formentera, delimiting the public domain on land and at sea has, given its impact on the economy and the many families affected, been as sensitive as it is paramount. Formentera has always reaffirmed the need to guarantee protection of the island's coastline, while restoring property lines that existed prior to the 1997 coastal delimitation – a demand which all the political groups of the Consell defended yesterday.


28 October 2022
Communications Office
Consell de Formentera