The San Sebastián City Council was about to sign an agreement with the Spanish government to acquire the land on which the barracks stands with the intention of building more than 1,600 homes.
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The Supreme Court of the Basque Country (TSJPV) partially upheld a Vox appeal and dismissed the inclusion of the Loiola barracks as protected buildings in the Special Plan for the Protection of Built Urban Heritage (PEPPUC), which would prevent its demolition.
This resolution, to which EFE has access, destroys the plans of San Sebastian City Hallwho, after years of negotiations, was about to complete the purchase of the 20 hectares on which the military barracks stands, where it will be an urban development of between 1,600 and 2,000 homes
The Chamber of Administrative Disputes of the Basque Supreme Court has partially assessed a Vox appeal against the municipal agreement of 25 March 2021, which finally approved the revision of the PEPPUC, which did not include the barracks.
Vox argued in its appeal that the architectural complex of the barracks to meet the requirements founded by the PEPPUC itself to be protected and provided two reports from architecture professionals to prove this.
These reports state that the Basque government in his time the Loiola barracks included in the provisional inventory of the architectural historical heritage and the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa He also assessed its cultural value and chose to conserve it in a 2009 document.
After examining these reports and the city council’s allegations, the court finds that the barracks “meet the criteria set out in the PEPPUC to be protected, although not in the manner claimed in the ruling of the question” , in which the maximum degree of protection was requested.
This resolution represents a serious setback for the most important urban development project in the city, which dates back to the time of the socialist Odon Elorza as mayor, who repeatedly demanded, even defense ministers from his own party, the handover of the land.
In recent months, the Spanish government had opened up negotiations for the sale of this approximately 20-hectare plot, to the point that the current mayor, Eneko Goia (PNV), said last month that “several details” of economic, fiscal and legal nature were missing to conclude the agreement.
Sentence can be appealed in cassation before the Controversial Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court and before the TSJPV chamber itself.
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