In a press release, the spokesperson for Land Use Planning of IU-Verdes of Cieza, José María Rodríguez, recalls that, During the last legislative period, the City Council's response, at the initiative of the then Councillor for Urban Planning and Works, Francisco Saorín, regarding the application for a building permit for the installation of three large pig farms In the municipality of Cieza it was, on the one hand, suspend the granting of licenses for a period of one year that the law provides for and, on the other hand, the approval of the advance of the specific modification of the PGMO to regulate the conditions of this type of livestock establishments.
“Later –continues Rodríguez-, in April 2021, after a long administrative process of more than two years initiated in February 2019 with the approval of the progress of the aforementioned modification and the subsequent public submission to allegations, as well as the temporary suspension of construction licenses, The plenary session definitively approved specific modification number 11 of the PGMO in order to tightening the conditions for the establishment of large pig farms in the municipality, to the point of 'make impossible' the implementation of these”.
Likewise, the spokesperson for IU-Verdes of Cieza has declared that, although with the modification of the PGMO The installation of this type of intensive and industrialized livestock farming is not expressly prohibited, since it is not possible Since it is a legal activity regulated by the Autonomous Community, although clearly harmful to the territory, in practice with the requirement of a series of requirements and conditions for its implementation, as expected, A major step has been taken to resolve this issue.
"Specifically - Rodríguez has pointed out - the modification of the PGMO means that Companies will not be able to set up near agricultural areas or in spaces close to residential areas.. Also Tourist routes and areas of scenic value related to flowering are delimited, among other restrictions.”.
“Proof of the effectiveness of the measures adopted by the Cieza City Council is that None of the three companies that had requested a building permit to build macro farms, in the areas of La Casa de la Monjas-Ascoy, La Carrichosa and La Herrada”, has not filed any allegations or appeals, which in practice seems to indicate that they have 'de facto' given up their claims.
Finally, the spokesperson for Land Use Planning of IU-Verdes of Cieza has declared that those who insist that the activity should be banned They start from the initial error of thinking that a City Council can prohibit a legal economic activity without any justification., when the reality is that neither this activity nor any other legal activity can be prohibited. Finally, without falling into triumphalism, we must congratulate the residents of Ascoy, the seed of the No to Macrogranjas platform, for their work, and the team from the Department of Urban Planning headed by Paco Saorín, since many Municipalities in the Region and outside Murcia are following the same model to limit these facilities as much as possible.”.
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