He Mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asirónwith its partners PSN, Geroa Bai And With you Navarre agreed to prohibit the possibility of giving moreoffers of tourist apartments in the Casco Viejo areaThis agreement, defined as a “preventive modification of urban planning”, it is said, “aims to safeguard the residential model of the district, to defend its commercial fabric and to promote a sustainable tourist model”.
As you may remember, last June Several tourist apartments victims of vandalism that the mayor of Pamplona, Joseba Asirón, refused to condemn, which shocked the tourism sector. Specifically, the criminals they sabotaged the locks type of padlock, used to perform the “check-in”. The boxes appeared to be filled with silicone and glue, preventing guests who had booked from accessing the accommodations.
This agreement they reached Assyron and his associates is based on the belief that the city council must anticipate the problem posed by the proliferation of tourist apartments which replace permanent housing “can generate the expulsion of the population” from the neighborhood.
Currently, they exist in the old town 186 of these accommodationswhich means 2.8% of the more than 6,600 homes in this area of Pamplonaand they claim that in just 5 years they have opened 90 and there are 21 new applications.
From what they say, they are looking forminimize urban impact that can arise from this economic activity, especially in the local real estate market, avoiding, through urban planning, situations such as those that occur in other cities. Thus, they cite “the rising real estate pricesboth in sale as in to rent outthe worsening of difficulties facing the traditional trade sector and proximity, as well as the loss of identity of historic centres“.
Neither Assyron nor his associates mention the loss of tourist potential and so the sum who could reach Pamplona and that he will not do so if The supply is not sufficient or is not affordable at different economic levels.
Thus, the Special Plan for Protection And Reform Inside from the old town of Pamplona will collect a modification in which “it will be considered use prohibited” that a residential apartment is used as tourist accommodation.
Likewise, it will be prohibited rental of rooms for tourist purposes and will propose that controls are strengthened to avoid this activity outside the regulatory framework. Thus, houses, apartments and tourist accommodation already in operation will have to “simultaneously meet the requirements of be registered in the Tourism Registry of the Government of Navarre and have an opening permit or use”,
This Monday, the document on which the agreement is based will be approved by the Local Government Council, a proposal prepared by the Planning Service of the Urban Planning Department of the Pamplona City Council and It is expected to be approved in plenary before the end of the year.
