On 9 April 2021, Pratdip Town Council unanimously approved the partial formal acceptance of the sports and recreational area in Planas del Rey.
The decision covered the swimming pool, sports facilities, children’s playground, car park and a green space. It allowed the Town Council to assume official responsibility for their maintenance and safety.
The information presented in this article is based on a summary written and signed by Glòria Moreno, an Avança Pratdip municipal councillor. The document reports the contents of the technical report and the municipal decision, while also expressing its author’s political position. It is not the official record of the Town Council meeting.
An ordinary Town Council meeting
The ordinary Town Council meeting for the second quarter of 2021 was held on 9 April, with all municipal councillors in attendance.
According to Glòria Moreno’s summary, the main item concerning Planas del Rey was the partial formal acceptance of its sports and recreational area.
The facilities concerned
According to the details provided during the meeting, the formal acceptance covered:
- the swimming pool;
- the tennis courts;
- the football pitch;
- the children’s playground;
- the car park;
- a green space.
The decision was limited to these facilities and their immediate surroundings. It did not mean that the Town Council was formally accepting all the roads, utility networks and infrastructure in Planas del Rey on that occasion.
A favourable technical report
The decision was based on a favourable report prepared by Frederic, a municipal technician.
According to the summary, the report stated that the area concerned corresponded to the property with cadastral reference 3741626CF2434S0001AB, classified as urban land.
It also stated that:
- the property was already registered in the name of Pratdip Town Council;
- the facilities were completed and operational;
- no new construction work was planned in the area, apart from routine maintenance and conservation work;
- the urban development project did not provide for any additional improvements to the sports area;
- formal acceptance would allow the Town Council to maintain the facilities and ensure their safety with the necessary administrative guarantees.
A decision linked to the dissolution of the EUCC
The technical report also justified the formal acceptance on the grounds that the facilities needed to be properly managed following the dissolution of the EUCC.
According to the same report, the sports area had remained in operation and the Town Council was already contributing to its maintenance, particularly that of the swimming pool. It was responsible for certain expenses relating to supervision and water treatment.
The partial formal acceptance therefore provided a clearer administrative framework for work that the municipality was already carrying out to some extent.
The transfers mentioned in the report
The summary states that the technical report also referred to the roads and green spaces in Planas del Rey.
According to the report, they had already been transferred to the Town Council and were included in the finally approved reparcelación project. In April 2021, however, the project was still awaiting registration in the Land Registry.
This reference must be distinguished from the decision made during the meeting: the vote on 9 April concerned only the partial formal acceptance of the sports and recreational area.
Unanimous approval
The partial formal acceptance was approved by all the municipal councillors.
The Town Council therefore officially assumed responsibility for the maintenance, conservation and safety of the facilities concerned.
For Planas del Rey, the decision clarified the municipality’s responsibility for a significant part of its communal facilities. However, it did not resolve the wider question of the formal acceptance of the entire residential development.
Glòria Moreno’s questions
In the conclusion to her summary, Glòria Moreno presented the decision as a step forward for Planas del Rey and a response to a longstanding request from residents.
However, she questioned why it had taken so long to formalise the acceptance. According to her, the technical report indicated that the necessary conditions had existed since 2008.
She also asked why the Town Council had refused to open the swimming pool during the summer of 2017, following the judicial dissolution of the EUCC.
These questions reflect Glòria Moreno’s personal and political position. They do not form part of the technical findings or the decision adopted by the Town Council.
A limited but significant step
The decision of 9 April 2021 did not constitute the formal acceptance of the whole of Planas del Rey. It applied only to a specific group of sports, recreational and landscaped facilities.
It nevertheless represented an important step: the Town Council formally acknowledged its responsibility for the maintenance and safety of an area that it already owned and where it was already carrying out certain work.
Jim – La Tribune de Planas
Glòria Moreno’s summary
The document reproduced below is the Spanish-language summary written by Glòria Moreno following the Town Council meeting of 9 April 2021. It provides direct access to the source on which this article is based.
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Understanding the origin of municipal ownership
The swimming pool, tennis courts and several other communal assets were already among the facilities whose transfer free of charge to the Town Council had been ordered by the court in 1993. A further decision was required in 2001 to continue enforcing this transfer.
