On 5 March 2015, the EIB Complaints Mechanism (EIB-CM) received a complaint regarding the Son Dureta Hospital project in Mallorca, Spain. The complainants alleged that Son Dureta/Son Espases Hospital had been illicitly built on a protected historical site in the close vicinity of Santa Maria de la Real Monastery, which according to the complainants is considered to be a protected historical building. The complainants stated that the Committee of the Mallorca Island Council had reduced the size of the protected natural area surrounding the monastery in order to specifically create a site for the healthcare facility. In this context, the complainants took the view that the Government of the Balearic Islands, the Mallorca Island Council and the Municipality of Palma had illegally modified the General Urban Development Plan of 19 May 2006 in order to convert the land adjacent to the monastery into constructible urban land for the construction of Son Dureta Hospital. The complainants referred to several ongoing court proceedings against the project that mainly contested the modification of the Urban Development Plan, the use of land in the vicinity of the Monastery for the medical facility and its construction permit. In this context, the complainants wondered if the EIB was aware of the legal proceedings and took the view that the project was in breach of EIB environmental standards and its project approval criteria.