The plenary session of the Madrid City Council held yesterday Monday in extraordinary session has approved the modification of the General urban planning plan thanks to the absolute majority that the Government of the popular Martínez-Almeida has, with the opposition of the PSOE and Más Madrid. The new regulations will still have to wait for the Community of Madrid to give the green light for its implementation, within a maximum period of four months.
In addition to including news regarding new buildings and homes, the regulation of new models of coliving and cohousing or the simplification of bureaucratic language and administrative procedures, several of the aspects that this regulation aroused the most interest directly involved the hotel sector.
One of the hot spots that has been generating controversy and confrontations between neighbors and the City Council for some time has to do with the ghost kitchens that have proliferated in the capital, especially as a result of the pandemic. Calls by the City Council “grouped kitchens“, the updating of the regulations proposes prioritizing their implementation in industrial estates, but also allows them to be developed in Residential areas urban.
Thus, ghost kitchens with industrial use in a residential area may have a maximum of 350 square meters with no more than eight kitchens in the same space. In addition, it will be forced to include inside the waiting areas, loading and unloading and stay of the carriers. Companies will also have to submit a mobility plan to find out how it will affect their activity in the area where they intend to settle.
In addition, the Government of Martínez-Almeida has responded to a demand that they have been requesting from Madrid Hospitality for a decade, the expansion of capacity in hospitality and entertainment venues. Until now, bars and restaurants were limited to 99 people; cocktail bars and nightclubs to 49, and the largest nightclubs to a maximum of 300. All capacity will be increased with the new standard.
The most significant expansion is the one that affects bars and restaurants, up to 75%, since they will be able to have a maximum capacity of 175 people inside the premises. The employers celebrate this update of a Plan that has not been modified since it came into force in 1997, although they regret that the obligation to have parking spaces to obtain new licenses has not been eliminated.
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