Las Palmas submits its strategic noise map for public consultation

The City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has opened the public information process for Phase IV of the city’s Strategic Noise Map, after the Local Government Board resolved its initial approval in a session held on September 24, 2026. The announcement, registration number 1998014, is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 118, corresponding to Friday, October 2, 2026, within section III, Local Administration. The consultation is granted for a period of forty-five days from the receipt of the technical document.

The file is processed under Article 14 of Law 37/2003, of November 17, on Noise, which regulates the consultation of affected administrations in environmental assessment procedures. The text of the announcement, identified as procedure 3.162, occupies pages 16960 and 16961 of the provincial gazette and bears the signature of the Councilor for the Government Area of Planning, Urban Development and Housing, Roads and Works, Lighting and Mobility, Mauricio Aurelio Roque González.

The instruction of the procedure corresponds to the Urban Planning Service of the aforementioned Government Area, which is the municipal department in charge of urban planning processing for the Gran Canaria capital. The instrument reaches this phase after its initial approval by the local government body, a preliminary step before the resolution of allegations and final approval.

The agreement and the body that adopts it

The Local Government Board of the City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria initially approved the Strategic Noise Map in its session on September 24, 2026. The agreement is now published for general knowledge in the official gazette of the province.

The announcement is inserted under the heading of the Most Excellent City Council of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, within the Local Administration publications, and refers expressly to Phase IV of the technical document of the city’s noise map.

Deadline, regulation, and documentation

• Consultation period: forty-five days from the receipt of the document.
• Applicable regulation: Article 14 of Law 37/2003, of November 17, on Noise.
• Body that initially approves: Local Government Board, session of September 24, 2026.
• Instrument: Phase IV of the Strategic Noise Map of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
• Official reference of the announcement: 1998014 (procedure 3.162).

The technical documentation can be consulted on the website of the City Council’s Electronic Office, which can be accessed from the corporation’s general website or via the path published in the announcement itself: https://www.laspalmasgc.es/es/areas-tematicas/urbanismo-e-infraestructuras/proyectos-y-obras/#tab-2

Who it affects

The strategic noise map is the instrument that diagnoses the noise pollution of the municipality and serves as the basis for the subsequent design of noise action plans. Its revision conditions urban planning, the implementation of activities, and acoustic protection measures in the capital.

The consultation is addressed to the administrations and bodies that must pronounce themselves on the aspects of the environmental assessment that fall within their competence or are of interest. The process equally affects residents and businesses, who may consult the technical document during the open period.

The publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas number 118, of October 2, 2026, provides official coverage for the start of the period and establishes the public reference of the file for any subsequent inquiry or allegation.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Las Palmas, number 118, of October 2, 2026, section III (Local Administration), pág. 16960-16961 (official reference: 1998014).