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EAJ-PNV of Zumaia Explains Vote Against Urban Planning General Plan

The Basque Nationalist Party group argues that the proposed urban model does not meet the medium and long-term needs of the municipality, especially regarding the housing crisis.

Generic image of urban planning documents and blueprints, suggesting urban development.
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Generic image of urban planning documents and blueprints, suggesting urban development.

The municipal group of EAJ-PNV has reiterated its vote against the provisional approval of Zumaia's Urban Planning General Plan (PGOU), asserting that the proposed urban model fails to address the municipality's medium and long-term needs.

According to the Basque Nationalist Party group, the presented urban model does not adequately meet the future requirements of the municipality and offers insufficient solutions for the current housing crisis. While acknowledging the PGOU as the City Council's key tool for residential matters, they criticize the document's short eight-year horizon, contrasting it with previous plans that typically had a twenty-year validity.
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"It falls short in the face of future challenges."

the Basque Nationalist municipal group
Conversely, EH Bildu emphasized the document's robustness during the plenary session, highlighting its adherence to deadlines and technical rigor. They noted that although the plan is drafted with an eight-year projection, legislation allows for extensions that can prolong its validity up to two decades.
Regarding housing, EAJ-PNV also questions the figures presented by the governing team. The group indicates that the plan actually foresees 680 new homes, not 863, as those planned for Torreaga will already be executed, awarded, or licensed by the time of the PGOU's definitive approval. In response, the Basque Nationalists propose aiming for approximately 1,300 new homes over the next fifteen years, with 500 of these being public housing.
Furthermore, EAJ-PNV reminds that the City Council declared Zumaia a tense residential market area and warns that current legislation mandates 20% of the municipality's total housing stock to be public protection housing within twenty years. In the municipal group's view, the provisionally approved PGOU would not enable this goal to be met, thus “failing to provide a real solution to the housing crisis”.
The PNV's criticisms extend to other planning areas, including proposals for activating land for economic activity, urban mobility, equipment planning, and improving urban quality. Concerning the potential inclusion of areas like Basusta, EH Bildu has argued that this would necessitate reverting to the initial approval process and opening a new public consultation. However, EAJ-PNV maintains that, “if there were political will,” these changes could be processed swiftly, limiting modifications to the most relevant areas, a procedure they estimate could be completed within approximately three months.

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