Plans for a hotel extension providing 308 extra beds in Playa Blanca, have been rejected by the Lanzarote Cabildo after inspectors found that part of the proposed accommodation did not meet lift requirements.
The Cabildo has also refused a separate application to convert a house in the resort into a 14-bed tourist villa. Both decisions, announced yesterday, Tuesday, concern applications for tourism authorisation in the municipality of Yaiza.
Why the hotel expansion was refused
The hotel proposal involved 154 accommodation units with capacity for 308 guests.
However, the technical assessment found that three floors in the northern section of the expansion were not connected by a lift, as required by the applicable regulations.
There was also no record of an exemption having been granted by the Canary Islands Government. The Cabildo therefore refused the requested tourism authorisation and provisional classification.
Problems with the villa proposal
The second application sought permission to change a single-family home into a tourist villa accommodating up to 14 people.
The assessment found that the proposed capacity did not match the existing property. Its layout and entrances also failed to prevent rooms being rented separately or different groups occupying the accommodation at the same time.
The property additionally lacked some of the minimum equipment required for the proposed classification.
Cabildo president Oswaldo Betancort said the decisions were based on technical requirements, stressing that applicants must demonstrate compliance before receiving tourism authorisation.
Territorial planning councillor Jesús Machín said specific shortcomings prevented either project from being approved as submitted.
