He Pamplona City Council Urban Planning Management Board considers this Wednesday the modification of the Partial plan of Chantrea Southwhose objective is “guarantee the protection” of spaces intended for local commerce to prevent commercial premises located In ground floor of buildings can be transformed into houses.
The changes aim to ground floor of buildings which face the Magdalena Park, the new central square and the pedestrian promenade of Corella Avenue, maintain the tertiary use planned in the urban planning and cannot be converted into housing.
So “the answer is given to the urban planning objectives of the territory“, as well as those of the Regional Trade Law and the Strategic Trade Plan of Pamplona.
The proposal is to amend Article 5 of the Urban Planning Regulations of the Partial Plan, concerning the detailed regime of uses of the ground floor, so that the provisions of the Partial Plan are made normative, so that in the ground floor for tertiary use of buildings that face Magdalena Park, the new central square, there can be no housing, temporary residence or community residence, and extends this prohibition to the building that faces the pedestrian promenade of Corella Avenue.
This modification It also aims to “guarantee the legal security of the application of the regime of compatibility of uses, by regulating in a clear and concrete manner”, in which case the provisions established in the General Urban Planning Regulations of the Communal Plan of Detailed changes of use on the ground floor and in which no, because they are contrary to the objectives of uses established in the Partial Plan Chantrea Sur, in the Regional Law of Commerce and in the Strategic Plan of Commerce of Pamplona.
In addition, this amendment serves to “adapt the name of the uses to the applicable urban planning legislation”, by renaming the overall use of the zone and by including several detailed uses of the ground floor in the tertiary use, so that “greater flexibility” is granted to different tertiary uses: commercial, hospitality, educational, health, etc.
When processing the change, Suspension of change of use licenses is proposed ground floors in the Chantrea Sur neighborhood.
The Partial Plan of Chantrea Sur “reflects the desire to have on its territory a significant quantity” of commercial premises on the ground floor of buildings located on the main axes, as well as in the building integrated into the public square and in the isolated block.
The text states that “in the ground floors facing the south park and in the building facing the square there will be no accommodation“; however, “this determination has not been included in the regulations of the Partial Plan and, in what is not regulated, refers to the Municipal Plan.”
In 2014, the General urban planning regulations of the municipal plan for the purpose of permitting the total or partial realization of a residential use on the ground floor in plots for detailed collective residential use, except in certain areas which are reflected in a plan in which the Areas of commercial centrality and areas of commercial relevance.
This plan is based on the urban commerce study of Pamplona 2013-2015, in which areas not yet built, such as Chantrea Sur, under development, have not been included: there are four plots with completed buildings and seven plots under construction or with works requested. license.
The application of this 2014 amendment “allows that once the first authorization to occupy the building has been granted, modify the commercial uses of the ground floors for the installation of housingso that the town planning provisions and the minimum commercial provision established in the regional commercial law are not respected.
Among the guiding principles of this law is the maintaining the retail system within the urban core of the Navarrese municipalities, and the “harmonious and balanced growth of commercial activities aspiring to the sustainable development of the urban environment, also establishing a minimum commercial offer of three square metres per dwelling on the ground floor of collective housing buildings”.
Focus on Chantrea district, The Strategic Plan for Commerce of Pamplona 2017-2021 considers it a neighborhood “with insufficient commercial supply for its population.” Its writing, prior to the urbanization of the Chantrea Sur area, establishes two main commercial axes in the neighborhood: Villava Avenue and San Cristóbal Street.
He The strategic plan proposes various actions to promote local trade“influencing the importance of incorporating commercial criteria into the urban planning of new residential environments.” These same objectives are included in the Strategic Plan for Commerce – Urban Agenda of Pamplona 2030, currently under preparation.
