RSS | Read a Random Post! El Pais recently published a rather nasty “special report” on illegal homes built across Andalucia, protest groups formed to protect owners rights and the protest march scheduled for the 9th of January in Almeria and. (Libertad Paloma, from Cadiz, 7/12/08).
“They built without permission, they paid a lot less for their homes than for a normal [...]
As you will know, there is a protest march organised by such AVEP, AULAN, AUAN, AUN, LSOS, Cuidadanos Europeos and others, in Almeria on the 9th of Jan through Almeria city to try to bring media attention back to the Priors case and urban abuse in general. (See programme info at Spanish Shilling or other [...]
[Read full post]Lenox is announcing the organisation of a peaceful and legal demonstration in Almeria city against urban abuse in the countryside.
“Theme: Stop Corruption. Justice Now. Support us. We bought in good faith. Save our homes. Stop planning and real estate abuse. Regularisation now. Justice for the Priors. Transparency and Citizen Participation.
The organisers, residents [...]
Martinsa Fadesa, the huge builder that recently went bust owing billions, and the company behind the Ballabona golf course project in Antas (never built, but planned to be part of Llano Central, but we can forget about that now) artifically revalued it’s holdings in Antas and Lucainena de los Torres by 3000%. To be brief, [...]
[Read full post]The PSOE has revealed that a senior member of the PP, who is also No 2 in Adra town hall, a certain Antonio Piqueras, has built an illegal house of 264 square meters on a bit of land he owns.
It seems that a building license was granted the evening before the PSOE asked about this [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Constitutional Court of Spain has rejected Len & Helen Priors case that they are entitled to economic compensation for the demolition of their home by the Junta last January.
The Court upheld the ruling of Court Nº 2 in Almería, that their house was illegal and had been built without obtaining the necessary permits from [...]
Ecologistas en Acción, the umbrella ecologist group, are loudly decrying the fact that the zoo and resort in Almúñecar (complejo de Peña Escrita) is permitted to continue to function, despite a report from the Ministry of the Environment which recommended its immediate closure, due to the fact that it does not comply with the zoo [...]
[Read full post]According to El País (story), Great Britain and Germany have asked for an official explanation of Spain’s policy of seizing ownership of lands and properties on the coast.
The law, the infamous Ley de Costas, which nationalises all land and buildings within 100m of the high water mark and which recently caused an entire village in [...]
