Sant Jordi homes site: no heritage demolished

Ground is being cleared and marked out in Sant Jordi, Palma, but the 118-home scheme has not started building yet. Palma Council said on Thursday that no protected heritage has been demolished on the site. An archaeologist is overseeing every movement of earth.

The council was responding to reports that two talaiots had been knocked down. It said the current work is limited to cutting back vegetation and preparing the land for the future plots and roads.

The building licence requires an archaeologist to monitor the work from the outset. The archaeologist was appointed in a record drawn up on 14 September, when the preparatory work began. If further archaeological remains are found, they must be kept, with the archaeologist deciding what action is needed under heritage protection rules.

One archaeological remain has already been identified. Palma Council says it will be preserved and incorporated into the development's planned green area.

A mill standing elsewhere on the site is also due to stay. It will be moved and reinstalled in the future public green space rather than demolished.

Only once the preparatory work is complete and the layout has been checked against the approved project can the formal start of the housing and infrastructure work be recorded.

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Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com