Archives from 2010 to 2019
This decade marks a period of major change for Planas del Rey: redevelopment projects, changes in water management, legal proceedings, the dissolution of the EUCC and growing debate over infrastructure and public services.
These archives trace the transition from the former management model centred around the EUCC towards a new period, marked by increasing municipal involvement and the search for a lasting framework for Planas del Rey.
Municipal Neglect: Planas del Rei Deprived of Essential Services
In December 2019, journalist Jordi Olària Gras published a report for TarragonaDigital on the situation in Planas del Rey. The original report is no longer available on the media outlet’s website. La Tribune de Planas nevertheless preserves its main elements, along...
4 November 2019: SOS Planas raises the alarm over the shutdown of the Planas del Rey wastewater treatment plant
On 4 November 2019, La Tribune de Planas reported an alert issued by the Asociación de Vecinos Les Planes del Rei – SOS Planas concerning the sanitation situation in the urbanisation. The association stated that the Planas del Rey wastewater treatment plant had no...
4 October 2019: sanitation, waste and street lighting discussed at Pratdip Town Council
On 8 October 2019, La Tribune published a report by Avança Pratdip on the Pratdip Town Council meeting held a few days earlier, on 4 October. Several issues directly affecting Planas del Rey were discussed: the sanitation situation, the increase in the waste...
24 August 2019: Pratdip among the Baix Camp municipalities still without a wastewater treatment plant
Photo: Diari de Tarragona On 24 August 2019, the Diari de Tarragona publishes a report on the municipalities in the Baix Camp that still do not have a wastewater treatment plant. At that time, twelve municipalities are in this situation, including Pratdip. The report...
16 September 2019: Town Council allocates €50,000 in the budget for Planas del Rey
On 16 September 2019, Pratdip Town Council meets in an extraordinary session. Among the decisions adopted is an amendment to the municipal budget that includes an item directly concerning Planes del Rei. The official document records an extraordinary credit of €50,000...
2 August 2019: water, the former EUCC premises and property tax discussed at an Avança Pratdip meeting
On 2 August 2019, Avança Pratdip holds a meeting devoted to several issues directly affecting Planas del Rey: the water supply, the use of the former EUCC premises, the management of the tennis courts and the IBI property tax. The summary published at the time by the...
6 May 2019: results of the municipal elections in Pratdip
On 26 May 2019, residents of Pratdip are called to elect the seven members of the Town Council. Two lists stand in the election: JxCat-Junts, led by outgoing mayor Joan Maria Rovira Vernet, and Avança Pratdip (AvP), a new political group taking part in municipal...
2019 municipal elections: Avança Pratdip’s programme and candidates
Created in 2019, Avança Pratdip (AVP) stands in the municipal elections held on 26 May 2019 in the municipality of Pratdip. In the run-up to the election, the group publishes its programme together with its list of candidates and substitutes. The proposals presented...
2 February 2019: Planas property owners informed about the removal of urban-planning charges linked to the land readjustment project
In February 2019, La Tribune de Planas informs property owners that they may ask the Falset Land Registry to remove certain urban-planning charges linked to the economic land readjustment project for Planas del Rey. At the time, the situation is presented in fairly...
25 January 2019: waste and water management at the centre of a meeting in Planas del Rey
On 25 January 2019, a meeting is held in Planas del Rey focusing mainly on waste, recycling and drinking water management. The summary published at the time by Mick Allen highlights two main issues: problems with waste sorting and disposal, followed by a new proposal...
18 December 2018: new water cuts reignite tensions in Planas del Rey
Photo : Marc Càmara / Diari de Tarragona In mid-December 2018, Planas del Rey once again experiences an interruption to its water supply. According to an article published on 18 December by the Diari de Tarragona, the outage begins on Friday 14 December and continues...
26 September 2018: the Generalitat officially registers the dissolution of the Planas del Rey EUCC
Photo : Harenb01 / Wikimedia Commons – CC BY 3.0 On 26 September 2018, a new administrative step is taken in the disappearance of the former Urban Development Conservation Entity of Planas del Rey. The Register of Urban Development Collaborating Entities of the...
30 August 2018: SOS Planas asks for the EUCC liquidation to be completed and several agreements to be reviewed
On 30 August 2018, the Les Planes del Rei Residents’ Association, also known as SOS Planas, submits a formal application to Pratdip Town Council. The document, registered under number 2018001553, concerns the consequences that the association believes should follow...
29 August 2018: Unidos por Planas announces its dissolution
On 29 August 2018, Evelyne Planet announces the dissolution of the Unidos por Planas association and a change of strategy for the months ahead. The group had secured one seat on Pratdip Town Council. However, according to the statement published at the time, its...
24 August 2018: three Planas del Rey residents file formal complaints with the Reus court
On 24 August 2018, three residents of Planas del Rey go to the Investigating Court No. 4 in Reus to formally report a situation they believe they are experiencing in the development. Two separate complaints are registered that day: the first in the names of Gérard...
April 2018: water, services and land readjustment at the heart of the disagreement between Planas del Rey and Pratdip
In spring 2018, the situation in Planas del Rey is featured in a report by Canal Reus. A few days after a demonstration attended by nearly one hundred residents, the report looks at several issues that are fuelling disagreements between some property owners and...
1 April 2018: nearly one hundred residents demonstrate in Planas del Rey
On 1 April 2018, nearly one hundred residents of Planas del Rey demonstrate in the development to call on Pratdip Town Council for greater investment and more attention to a number of services. A few days later, the Diari de Tarragona publishes an article about the...
Late February 2018: the proposed new water management system for Planas del Rey is not approved
At the end of February 2018, Pratdip Town Council submits for consideration a new draft agreement for the management of the drinking water service in Planas del Rey. The proposal is to entrust this management to the Consell Comarcal del Baix Camp, which would provide...
18 February 2018: the PSC announces its support for the eight motions concerning Planas del Rey
On 18 February 2018, the Planas Collaboration Group organises a new information meeting in Planas del Rey. This time, two representatives of the PSC in Pratdip, José Maria Rovira and Amadeo, are invited to meet property owners and present their position on the...
28 January 2018: the Planas Collaboration Group presents eight proposals for the future of Planas del Rey
On 28 January 2018, an information meeting for Planas del Rey property owners is organised by the Planas Collaboration Group. Around 70 people attend the meeting, held in the Correos hall in Planas. The meeting takes place during a particularly unsettled period: the...
31 December 2017 – January 2018: Planas del Rey faces a major water crisis
The 2017 festive season takes a particularly difficult turn in Planas del Rey. From 31 December onwards, many residents are left without water or experience a very irregular supply. For several days, we live through a succession of breakdowns, repair attempts and...
12 December 2017: the court orders the enforcement of the dissolution of the EUCC of Planas del Rey
On 12 December 2017, the Administrative Court No. 1 of Tarragona issued a new ruling concerning the EUCC of Planas del Rey. This time, the court did not reconsider whether the EUCC should be dissolved. Its dissolution had already been ordered by the High Court of...
23 November 2017: a firefighting water reservoir and the transformation of Planas del Rey’s former shopping centre
On 23 November 2017, Òscar Serrano, then a Pratdip councillor representing Unidos por Planes del Rei, informed residents about the progress of two projects directly concerning Planas del Rey. The first involved a 200,000-litre water reservoir intended for...
31 October 2017: the EUCC announces the end of its management activities in Planas del Rey
On 31 October 2017, the Urban Development Conservation Entity of Planes del Rei sent an information letter to all property owners. Its content marks an important stage in the history of the development: the EUCC announces that it no longer has the financial resources...
14 August 2017: Planas del Rey residents denounce the lack of services and municipal investment
On 14 August 2017, the Diari de Tarragona published an article about the situation in Planas del Rey. Several residents complained about the poor condition of the development, the lack of street lighting and insufficient maintenance of the roads. They called on...
21 July 2016: the TSJC declares the dissolution of the EUCC of Planas del Rey
On 21 July 2016, the High Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) delivered a landmark judgment in Barcelona in the history of Planas del Rey: it declared the dissolution of the Urban Development Conservation Entity (EUCC). The decision came three years after the...
26 March 2013: the Tarragona court refuses to dissolve the EUCC of Planas del Rey
On 26 March 2013, Administrative Court nº 1 of Tarragona issued judgment nº 130/2013 in proceedings brought by several property owners in Planas del Rey against the Urban Development Conservation Entity (EUCC) and Pratdip Town Council. Among their requests was a...
28 December 2010: Pratdip entrusts the Baix Camp with the management of Planas del Rey’s water service
On 28 December 2010, Pratdip Town Council and the Consell Comarcal del Baix Camp signed an agreement concerning the management of the drinking water service in Planes del Rei. The document shows that, by that time, Pratdip Town Council had already taken over the...
19 July 2010: the court orders enforcement of the judgment on water and waste in Planas del Rey
On 19 July 2010, the Administrative Court nº 1 of Tarragona issued an order in the dispute involving Gérard Fenouillet, Pratdip Town Council and the Urban Development Conservation Entity of Planes del Rei (EUCC). This decision came more than two years after the...
2010: Pratdip and the EUCC define a framework for the redevelopment of Planas del Rey
A municipal document preserved in the archives of Planas del Rey sets out a particularly ambitious project: to organise the redevelopment of the whole of Planes del Rei, enable Pratdip Town Council subsequently to formally take over the works, and pave the way for the...
See also: the archives from 2000 to 2009 and the archives from 2020 to 2025.


































