01-05-2008 : New resources
The Mayor of Palma, Aina Calvo has promised new resources and an overhaul of the Palma planning department in order to dramatically reduce the time taken to deal with new applications. At present cases submitted as long ago as March last year are only now being considered. Aina Calvo promises that the changes should ensure that by 2011 the average time to process an application should be 3 months or less.
Time will tell whether she is successful and whether other areas of the Island follow suit in what is currently a lengthy and hugely frustrating process for all concerned.