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My buddie Chris Marshall from Almerimar advises me (see his whole post here) that the ITV programme “New Homes from Hell 2009 – Buying Abroad” is due to be on Tuesday 17th March 2009 on ITV1 at 8pm (This programme will be repeated on ITV2 the following day at the same time) and will display coverage of January’s protest march in Almeria city against the Prior demolition and others urbanistic abuse.
Su Excelentisimo D. Francisco Ros Perán, La Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Información (Secretary of State for Telecommunications and for the Information Society; old Fran Ros is a chap with extra large business cards and who incidentally hails from Lorca, Murcia) has announced, together with the public company “red.es” and the Ministry of Housing an ambitious project to put all planning processes online within 4 years. The Programa de Continue reading Planning Process to be online within 4 years
An exciting sign has gone up over a previously vacant locale in Turre: The rather grandoise sign reads: JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA Conserjeria de Vivienda y Ordenacion del Terretorio Oficina Terretorial de Asesoramiento Urbanistico de Levante Or in English: Department for Housing and Territorial Ordination Territorial Office for Urban Assessment of the Levante What is it? Can’t find any press releases about it, but I’m assuming it’s the new headquaters for the local Building Gestapo, or Continue reading Junta opens new Urban Planning office in Turre
In the IV Urban Planning conference in Albox yesterday, Luis Caparros, AKA “Mr Demolition Man”, announced that the Juntas’ Planning Department would proceed to legalise “a large number” of illegal “urban centres” that are scattered across the Almanzora. The Juntas’ definition of “urban centre” is of several houses in close proximity that can be used to justify the reclassification of the surrounding land to urban and the consequent construction of houses next to them. If Continue reading Junta will legalise a large number of urban centres throughout the Almanzora
<!– @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } –> IV conference on Urbanismo in Albox this 22nd & 23rd October The IV annual conference on Urban Matters will be taking place in the multiple uses building in Albox this 23rd and 24th of October, and will, among other guest speakers, be hosting a discussion by the Director General of Urban Inspections of the Junta de Andalucía, D. José Antonio Continue reading IV conference on Urbanismo in Albox this 22nd & 23rd October