Contraloría - Dictamen N° 56595 2009

La Contraloría General determinó que no aplica el principio de silencio positivo (Art. 64, Ley 19.880) a solicitudes de modificación del Plan Regulador Metropolitano de Santiago, sino que podría regir el silencio negativo (Art. 65).

• Complainants alleged a lack of pronouncement from the SEREMI MINVU regarding their proposals for changing land use within the modification of the Metropolitan Plan of Santiago.
• The complainants invoked Article 64 of Law No. 19.880, seeking the application of the 'silencio positivo' principle to their land use change requests.
• The Contraloría General determined that the 'silencio positivo' is not applicable to these specific requests for modification of the Plan Regulador.
• This determination is based on Article 18 of Law No. 19.880, which restricts the application of 'silencio positivo' to requests that initiate an administrative procedure.
• The Contraloría noted that the situation could potentially be governed by the 'silencio negativo' principle outlined in Article 65 of Law No. ...