The Canary Islands Government has approved the construction project of a new four-star hotel, with 146 bedrooms for 292 guests, in San Miguel de Abona in the south of Tenerife.
According to the documents, the land on which the hotel is to be built is a 17,635 square metre plot located on Avenida Jose M. Galván Bello.
The project is for a 4-star hotel with areas for general use such as reception, restaurants, gym, swimming pools, space for children's outdoor play park, and facilities and services necessary for the hotel to operate.
At the eastern end of the complex, they are planning to construct a building for a spa accessible from outside the hotel, equipped with a pool area, massage cabins, Jacuzzi, sauna, Turkish bath, and hydrotherapy showers.
In terms of energy efficiency, the documentation presented shows that the building combines high interior comfort with low energy consumption through an excellent degree of insulation. To reduce energy consumption, efforts have been made to maximize lighting and natural ventilation. Likewise, the project will have a double control against solar radiation.
Now the regional government have approved the project, it must be analysed by the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, prior to authorization by the Cabildo, to assess whether it meets the standards of building quality and energy sufficiency.
Afterwards, it has to be analyzed whether the minimum environmental impact is guaranteed, in accordance with the conditions established in the Canary Islands Tourist Renovation and Modernization Law.
This Law states that licences will only be granted for tourist accommodation projects in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria and Tenerife, when their purpose is the new implementation of hotel and non-hotel accommodation establishments, and when territorial planning does not expressly prohibit them.
