SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 26. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the Territorial Planning and Historical Heritage area, has met with the island’s town councils to present the content and main novelties of the Insular Historical Heritage Plan and coordinate the joint lines of action aimed at guaranteeing the conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of the heritage assets of Tenerife.
Among the novelties, the insular director of Territory Planning and Historical Heritage, Emilio Fariña, announced that the search for pockets of land is being coordinated with the town councils to be able to enable new car parks that help decongest traffic in the historical complexes of the municipalities “. “This is an outstanding action within the Plan with which we want to improve accessibility in the historic areas of the Island,” he points out.
Emilio Fariña adds that the Cabildo is facilitating the active participation of the municipalities, with which a round of work meetings has begun to present the main lines of action that are included in the Plan, which will be in force from 2023 to 2026, and to know the needs they have in relation to the protection of their patrimonial assets, in order to take them into account when designing the budgets of the Insular Corporation for the coming year.
The Plan also contemplates reinforcing collaboration with the Nivariense Diocese of the Bishopric of Tenerife for the rehabilitation of ecclesiastical-owned real estate, through agreements on rehabilitation and conservation that will continue to be addressed in the mixed commissions through which it is articulated. the relationship between Cabildo and Bishopric.
Parallel to the approval of the Insular Plan, the Historical Heritage area is working on the processing of an Insular Catalog of Patrimonial Assets, for the development of which a contract for an expert technical team in the matter will be put out to tender, which will work coordinated with the area of Historical Heritage, in order to assess the importance of properties with heritage value likely to be included in said instrument.
In addition, from the Insular Directorate, collaboration is offered to the municipalities to update and approve the municipal catalogs, as well as to carry out the drafting and approval of the Special Plans for the Protection of Historic Ensembles.
