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Arequipa Publishes 2025–2045 PDM and PAT as Yura Communities Protest Exclusion

The draft will steer land use through 2045, with zoning decisions shaping service access and legalization for communities on Arequipa’s edge.

Overview

  • IMPLA placed the proposed Metropolitan Development Plan (PDM) and Territorial Conditioning Plan (PAT) in public exhibition, opening formal consultation through November 11, 2025.
  • Public hearings are scheduled at the Palacio Metropolitano de Bellas Artes Mario Vargas Llosa for the PAT on November 3 and the PDM on November 4.
  • Yura leaders led by FREDAVI’s Valerio Aguilar say more than 80 settlements are left outside the proposed urban expansion, putting legal security at risk for long-established families.
  • Critics including architect Luis Huerta argue the process lacked proper socialization and fieldwork, and they urge the mayor to seek an extension of the consultation period.
  • The MPA and IMPLA say they are receiving observations via official channels, as scrutiny grows over zoning decisions and ongoing private lot sales marketed on expected rezoning.