This morning the Strategic Environmental Report proposal was agreed, in which the inexistence of significant effects on the environment is determined based on the proposal made by the Technical Services of Works, Urbanization and Environment of the Lorca Consistory
The Councilor for Urbanism of the City of Lorca, Satur Martinez, reported this morning that the Local Government Board has agreed to the Strategic Environmental Report, which determines the absence of significant effects on the environment based on the proposal carried out by the Technical Services of Works, Urbanization and Environment of the Lorca Consistory.
Satur Martinez noted that "after the publication in the BORM of the aforementioned Strategic Environmental Report, the initial approval of the Special Plan for the Protection and Integral Rehabilitation of the Historic-Artistic Area of ​​Lorca will be carried out after resolution of the allegations presented, which we expect occurs in a few weeks The PEPRICH is a document that has the main objective of updating the information of this urban area in order to make the development and recovery of its buildings, streets and squares compatible with the architectural and monumental aesthetic framework. We are talking about providing a modern, useful and practical tool to reactivate our historic center. "
The Town Planning Councilor recalled that "after the approval in February 2017 of the PEPRICH Advance and Strategic Environmental Document, a period of public exposure was opened and published in the Official Gazette of the Region of Murcia, website of the City of Lorca and in person at the Huerto Ruano House-Museum for consultation, a total of 23 allegations were presented by entities, collectives and owners that were answered by the responsible technicians In July 2017 the Local Government Board also agreed on the start of the simplified strategic environmental assessment procedure for the issuance of the strategic environmental report and consultations with the affected public administrations and the interested persons of the file, these being the following: Ministry of Development and Infrastructure, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Ministry of Employment, Universities, Business and Environment, General Directorate of
Natural Environment, Ministry of Health;
Confederación Hidrográfica del Segura;
Association of Naturalists of the Southeast and Ecologists in Action ".
Martínez has indicated that "today we have taken a new step to obtain, almost imminently, the new Special Plan for the Integral Protection and Rehabilitation of the Historic-Artistic Area of ​​Lorca that will allow us to solve the problems detected, promote the values ​​of the historical set and value the local heritage, while also going to revalue the urban space and the pedestrian, promoting the obtaining of grants and subsidies.
The Town Planning Minister added that "the new document covers in its territorial scope two sectors with a total area of ​​61 hectares, of which 19 correspond to the Castle of Lorca and its environment qualified as General Equipment System and Free Spaces, while 42 hectares correspond to consolidated urban land.In addition, PEPRICH, in its 61 hectares, also includes 257 cataloged properties, being 11BIC, 109 properties cataloged by their cultural relevance and 137 inventoried goods ".
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca