The Councilor for Territorial Planning of La Laguna, Adolfo Cordobés, met on Tuesday, April 7, with the Director General of Tourism Planning, Training, and Promotion of the Government of the Canary Islands, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez. The purpose was to advance the implementation of Law 6/2025 on Sustainable Planning of Tourist Use of Housing in the municipality.
The meeting, requested by La Laguna's Urban Planning Management, facilitated inter-institutional coordination and resolved technical doubts regarding the municipal adaptation process to the new regional regulations. It included the participation of a high-level municipal technical team, comprising José Ramón Baudet, María Bencomo, and Román Calvo de Mora, to ensure a rigorous analysis of the legal requirements.
“"La Laguna is fully committed to this process, but it is essential that collaboration between administrations is real, with clear criteria, legal certainty, and the necessary resources to assume the new obligations that fall on municipalities."
Both administrations emphasized the importance of applying the regulation with criteria of sustainability, legal certainty, and coherence with La Laguna's urban and residential model. This municipality is unique due to its status as a World Heritage City, a university city, and its diverse residential realities.
“"The important thing about these meetings is the willingness of city councils to fit the pieces of tourist housing use into the municipal urban planning puzzle, which with the law is not demonized, but rather, is indeed the object of proper integration."
The meeting addressed key issues such as the distribution of powers, guiding criteria for zoning, the transitional regime for already registered homes, coordination with urban planning under review, and the need for technical and human resources to ensure effective control of the activity. The La Laguna City Council will continue to work on adapting its planning instruments and the mechanisms agreed upon by the Plenary in a recent session. It will also continue to collaborate with the Government of the Canary Islands and the Cabildo de Tenerife to ensure a homogeneous, effective, and socially balanced implementation of Law 6/2025 throughout the archipelago.
