The promoter of Cuna del Alma, an urbanization that has begun to be built in Puertito de Adeje, states that the project “has gone through all the processing, including the presentation of the patrimonial study and complies with all legal requirements.” “All the required technical, urban and environmental impact reports have been favorable,” the company said in a statement.
Given the latest incidents caused by opponents of the project in the works area itself, the promoter recalls that “in 2018 Cotmac [Comisión de Ordenación del Territorio y Medio Ambiente de Canarias, vigente entre 1972 y 2018] approved the Environmental Assessment and its corresponding Environmental Sustainability Report (ISA) corresponding to the submitted Planning». “All claim deadlines and public information periods were opened and not a single allegation was registered by any public or private body or environmental platforms,” the note points out.
The director of the Cuna del Alma project, Andrés Muñoz, recalls that “it does not affect in any way the Site of Scientific Interest of La Caleta, which is outside the Scope of Action where it will be developed.” In addition, he adds: “The approved project not only complies with the General Plan for Urban Development of Adeje, but also separates three meters more than necessary from the limit.”
The promoter highlights that the idea was born “from the perspective of respect for the environment”
The promoter also reiterates that the initiative “has been devised from a perspective of respect for the environment and integration with the landscape and adapts to the tourism model adopted by Tenerife and the Canary Islands a long time ago that flees from overcrowding.”
In this sense, the statement explains, “the decision was made not to consume more than 50% of the permitted buildable area.” In addition, they point out, “more than 45% of the land is dedicated to public land.” The project is developed on some 500,000 square meters, but, the note indicates, “it only involves 136,000 and could house up to 3,600 beds, but only half of those allowed, 1,800, will be developed, although the original planning increases the figure to 4,428».
For its part, underlines the promoter, “all the expert reports indicate the need to protect only two species of flora: tabaibal and cardonal. Up to a thousand plants of these species are already being protected and recovered. They are being transplanted to a nursery in one of the plots for the repopulation of the area.
Finally, from the company it is clarified that “the development of the project, as reflected in the environmental report, does not affect any of the species that inhabit the environment such as curlews.” “Reports from biologists from the Government of the Canary Islands indicate that the species nests in the area of scientific interest in La Caleta and not in the affected plots.”
