The Yecla City Council finalizes the drafting of the new General Urban Planning Plan, which will regulate construction in the municipality. The future standard will also resolve one of the great demands of the residents: the planning of the territory to prevent the construction of pig farms. After the period for collecting suggestions, the Town Planning Information Commission unanimously approved the new way of protection against the implementation of very high-impact activities on undeveloped land, such as pig farms and photovoltaic plants.
The projects presented in the Yeclano Town Hall in recent years with the intention of starting up pig farms in the municipal area are diverse. However, so far none have come to see the light. As explained by the municipal government, the figure of the hamlets as rural urban land and their protection will limit the pig facilities. In fact, there is only 5% of land in the municipality that could be free for this type of exploitation. However, the conditions of the feedlots will also be affected by the new standard.
According to data from the local Executive, in Yecla there are 51 hamlets scattered throughout the town. These are buildings cataloged with the figure of urban land in a rural nucleus. The City Council, within its powers, establishes from now on that pig farms cannot be installed less than two kilometers from the farmhouses nor less than 2.5 kilometers above the urban centers of Yecla and the district of Raspay. In this way, “maximum protection is granted to the residents of Yecla and to common values,” says the deputy spokesman for the government team, Jesús Verdú.
The urban limits would apply to both pig farms and photovoltaic plants. But the same will not happen with the hamlets, since there will be no restrictions on solar plants near these points. Likewise, all flood-prone areas are preserved, establishing a minimum plot of 50,000 square meters, with a maximum land occupation of 3% and a buildable area of 1.5% for the installation of activities with a very high impact on the soil. , as well as a minimum distance of one kilometer to natural sources, in accordance with the Hydrological Plan Project 2022/2027”, says Verdú.
This modification will be incorporated into the provisional approval of the new Urban Planning Plan, which will be submitted to the Plenary in the coming weeks. After the provisional approval of the Plan, a period of public exhibition will reopen to collect the opinion of the neighbors and it will be sent to the regional Executive that has the last word in land use planning.
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