The municipality of Canillo is currently processing eight licenses to build new borders in the Incles valley. The requests, still pending resolution, they entered the community before the last modification of the Parish Planning and Urbanism Plan (POUP)definitively approved in January of this year. The current regulations reduced the potential for new construction in the valley by a third, from 97 to 33.
this week the common approved the partial plan for a new urbanization located right at the entrance to Incles. Since this zone is not key 7 –the technical term of the POUP to designate the protection zones, which must also include the Coma, Entor, Mereig, Montaup and Vall del Riu valleys–, has a higher buildability. However, the property has managed to reduce it and, instead of five multi-family buildings, he will build a maximum of 16 semi-detached houses or eight villas. The project will have to adjust to the last revision of the POUP, that of 2023since the request for a partial plan was submitted to the public before the change in January of this year.
More restrictions
Apart from including the valley floor of Incles – and that of the rest of the high mountain areas – in protection key 7, in recent years the common has approved additional ordinances to curb the proliferation of constructions and preserve the traditional architecture.
In October 2024, for example, the corporation approved a specific regulation that obliges the promoters of new constructions in the protected mountain valleys to respect the aesthetics of the local architectureincluding items such as dry stone walls, slate roofs and vegetationwhich must be autochthonous. In addition, the pre-1950 curbs cannot be demolished and can only be subject to minor extensionsas long as the historical physiognomy is respected.
The current regulation it allows maintaining the identity of the valley, protecting the cultural and natural heritage and preventing excessive growth. Since the beginning of the century there have been an uncontrolled proliferation of bordes and other less orthodox constructions in the high mountain valleys of the parish.
In Incles, specifically, is where the change is most evident. The figures are eloquent. In 2004 the number of bordes or other buildings was 35. Today there are more than 50. This is a growth of 80%.
regulations
- THE COMMUNITY PROCESSES EIGHT NEW LICENSES. The common has on the table eight new licenses to build borders in the Incles valley. The requests came in before the last amendment to the town plan, approved in January.
- NEW URBANIZATION AT THE ENTRANCE. The new urbanization projected at the entrance of the valley has more buildability because it is located outside the protection zone. However, the property has reduced it of its own volition.
- SOME MORE DEMANDING RULES OF THE GAME. The municipality has tightened urban planning regulations in recent years to prevent the proliferation of more constructions in Incles and the rest of the high mountain valleys. The criteria are now more demanding.
