Andorran Landowners Lobby Co-Princes on Sustainable Urban Planning Law
APTA met with representatives of both Co-Princes to push sustainable guidelines for the LOGTU and challenge Ordino's POUP changes over property.
Key Points
- APTA delegation met Episcopal Co-Prince on Feb 18, presented LOGTU recommendations and Ordino POUP challenge.
- On March 4, another group met French Co-Prince rep, highlighting property rights risks and housing crisis.
- Criticized Ordino POUP revisions for legal insecurity and political haste undermining landowners.
- Efforts aim to shape General Law on Territorial Planning and Urbanism.
The Andorran Landowners' Association (APTA) met with representatives of both Co-Princes in recent weeks to advocate for sustainable development guidelines in the forthcoming General Law on Territorial Planning and Urbanism (LOGTU), while highlighting legal uncertainties stemming from changes to Ordino's Partial Urban Planning Plan (POUP).
On 18 February, APTA president Josep Duró led a delegation including board members Joan Albert Farré, Pere Fiñana and Jordi Cruz in a session at the Episcopal Palace with Episcopal Co-Prince Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat. They presented a document—previously submitted to the Legislative Commission on Territorial Policy, Urbanism and the Environment—outlining key principles and recommendations for the LOGTU framework. The group also discussed their challenge to the Technical Urbanism Commission over Ordino's revised POUP, which APTA argues creates legal insecurity for private landowners, undermines property rights and risks establishing precedents driven more by political haste than thorough analysis. Serrano Pentinat expressed appreciation for the range of perspectives shared and requested regular updates on these issues, with APTA representatives pledging to keep him informed.
On 4 March, APTA secretary Jordi Cerqueda headed another delegation, joined by board members Simó Duró and Josep Maria Riba, for talks with Robert Mauri, representative of the French Co-Prince's cabinet director in Andorra. They delivered the same document, pressing for its input to inform the advisory opinion guiding the LOGTU, and reiterated alarms over the Ordino POUP modifications, including threats to property rights and potential jurisprudence. Mauri promised to forward the details to French Co-Prince Emmanuel Macron and raised concerns about the housing crisis plaguing Europe in recent years.
APTA's outreach reflects ongoing efforts to influence territorial policies amid debates over urban planning balances and landowner protections in Andorra.
Original Sources
This article was aggregated from the following Catalan-language sources:
- El Periòdic•
L’APTA presenta als coprínceps propostes per a la nova LOGTU i mostra preocupació pel POUP d’Ordino
- Bon Dia•
Els propietaris de terres traslladen la preocupació per la inseguretat jurídica del POUP d'Ordino als coprínceps
- Altaveu•
Els propietaris de terres insisteixen sobre la inseguretat jurídica del pla urbanístic d'Ordino
- Diari d'Andorra•
Els Propietaris de Terres es reuneixen amb Serrano per la llei del sòl i pel POUP d'Ordino