Four pending appeals seek to annul Gran Canaria's PIO

The island government rejects revising the insular planning as it would also lapse if annulment rulings become final.

Generic image of a Canarian volcanic landscape with a road.
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Generic image of a Canarian volcanic landscape with a road.

The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has rejected initiating a review of the Insular Planning Plan (PIO) due to the possibility that rulings by the TSJC declaring it null may become final.

The insular government of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, composed of NC and PSOE, has dismissed CC's proposal to review the current Insular Planning Plan (PIO). The motion aimed to establish an alternative in case the rulings by the High Court of Justice of the Canary Islands (TSJC), which have declared the PIO null and void, become final. The Cabildo will appeal these decisions.
The Minister of Territorial Policy, Inés Miranda, explained that the current Land Law does not allow for a review of insular planning, only a modification. However, this modification would also become void if the PIO's annulment is definitively confirmed.
Miranda also revealed that out of the 21 appeals filed against the 2023 PIO, two have already lapsed. Of the remaining 19, seven requested the plan's annulment. Three rulings have been issued so far, with four more pending. All judicial decisions to date have favored the appellants and contradicted the arguments presented by the Cabildo.