The plan for new golf courses on the Son Aversó de Son Sardina finca in Palma seems unlikely to get approval. The environmental impact sub-committee within the Balearic environment commission has issued an unfavourable report on the project. It is for two golf courses - one of eighteen holes and another of nine holes - a golf school, a five-star hotel with 450 places and a clubhouse. In addition, it envisages the installation of a medium voltage transformer and provision of services. The report will be discussed at the next meeting of the commission on 27 October.
The sub-committee believes that the project, which has been pending since 2008, will involve the transformation of one of the few well-conserved rural areas in Palma. It would lead to the loss of valuable landscape and to conversion into a grassed area that is not compatible with the local environment.
Opinion contained in the report draws attention to the Majorca land plan and to the need for a balance when it comes to the creation of golf courses, of which there are already a number in the Palma area. It therefore questions the demand for the Son Aversó project. Moreover, it would have an impact on local terrain and farming (carobs and almonds), while there would be the risk of contamination of the aquifer as well as the impossibility of dealing with the amount of treated water that would be required.