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In the Addaia area, bordering the Natural Park and the Natura 2000 zones, an expansion of the existing marina was planned long ago. The project practically foresaw doubling the installations area (see attached image).

The environmental impact assessment received a favourable report in 2015, ten years ago. The GOB has been submitting allegations and appeals at every stage of the process during this period.

In January 2023, a letter was sent to the Government requesting that the loss of validity of the environmental impact declaration for the planned expansion be recognised. The GOB’s request is based on the Balearic Islands Environmental Impact Law.

This legislative text establishes that environmental impact declarations published before the entry into force of Law 12/2016, as in this case, lose their validity and cease to produce their effects if the execution of the project or activity has not begun within six years of the law’s entry into force.

In March 2023, the Environmental Commission, after analysing the arguments presented by the marina’s promoter, rejected their claims and considered that the validity period had expired.

But the final word belongs to Ports of the Balearic Islands, because the same Law states that the substantive body is responsible for monitoring compliance with the environmental impact declaration and ensuring that the prescriptions and measures included in environmental procedures are fulfilled. The substantive body is Ports.

The GOB has repeatedly written to Ports requesting that the environmental procedure be declared expired and, therefore, that it be impossible to proceed with the expansion of the marina. There has been no response.

When deadlines expire in procedures that affect citizens (tax payments, submission of appeals, etc.), the administration is quick and inflexible. One must wonder why Ports of the Balearic Islands does not acknowledge the expiry of the environmental authorisation for the expansion of the Addaia marina.