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New buildings must use solar panels to supply residents with hot water

Pilar R. Quirós / SUR in English
In Malaga solar panels will have to meet 70 per cent of a building’s hot water requirements

Planning permission can only be granted if plans allow for the use of renewable energy

December 28, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Marbella Town Hall seals off new development in Artola Alta

Rosario Flores

The developers started work on 58 flats before the plans were given their final approval by the local authority

October 2, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

New land laws for Spain

On Friday the Spanish cabinet approved the draft of a new land law which the government hopes Hill counteract the real estate speculation which is considered to be one of the main causes of the high price of property in Spain.

June 11, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Junta orders water and light to be cut off at illegal sites in Alfarnatejo and Benahavís

R. Flores/A. Peláez / SUR

The Junta has stepped in as the local councils have done nothing. The Department of Public Works at the Andalusian Government has ordered the water and electricity supplies to be cut off at two building sites, one in the municipality of Alfarnatejo and one in Benahavís, both of which are in the province of Malaga, as they contravene planning regulations.

March 18, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Seventy per cent of land freed under the new town plan in Antequera to be developed

Carmen Martín / SUR

The town planning agreements that Antequera Town Hall demanded from private developers who are interested in developing re-classified land under the new master town plan have now been signed.
The Mayor of Antequera, Ricardo Millán, made the announcement last week, adding that with these agreements the development of 70 per cent of this new building land will be guaranteed.

March 18, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

The public prosecutor wants to put Cómpeta Mayor in gaol for a year for breaking planning laws

Agustín Peláez / SUR

The Junta says numerous houses have been erected on non-building land despite orders to adhere to the regulations

March 18, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Spanish Property News Roundup Decemeber to January

Mark Stucklin / News provided by Spanish Property Insight

Here is a the monthly round up for all the related news to Spain´s proprety market. If you need further information then visit Mark´s site.

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January 10, 2006 | Read more... | Category: Building and construction news

Marbella has to hand over responsibility for town planning

Sur in English

When the Junta de Andalucía declared this week that it was taking over responsibility for town planning in Marbella, the top Costa del Sol resort became the only town in Spain to lose control over this vital concern.

December 7, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Spanish Property News Roundup November to December

Mark Stucklin / News provided by Spanish Property Insight

Here is a the monthly round up for all the related news to Spain´s proprety market. If you need further information then visit Mark´s site.

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November 8, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Building and construction news

Costa property developers are up in arms over the new land law

Pilar Martínez / SUR in English

They warn that it could put a stop to growth in the construction sector. They say that reserving 30% for protected housing is not feasible

Andalusian property developers, construction companies and hotel owners are ready to start a war and the motive is the recently approved Measures for Protected Housing and Land Law. The sectors which are the mainstay of the local economy - construction and tourism - have warned that these measures will stop residential housing growth and block tourism development.

November 8, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Marbella Town Hall demands that all new buildings have solar panels installed

SUR in English / Cristina González

The regulation, initially approved a recent plenary session of the Town Hall, means that all new buildings must use this form of alternative energy
The measure is mainly for public sector buildings


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November 2, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Land grab law faces the axe

Valencia’s hated LRAU ‘land-grab law’ has its days numbered after eight years of controversy.

The CB Friday

September 30, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Hoteliers and speculators search for the last free spaces on the Costa de la Luz

Hoteliers and speculators search for the last free spaces on the Costa de la Luz
Jorge Garret: Sur in English

Town Halls in Cadiz and business people are making plans for tourism in areas that have so far remained virgin territory, such as Trafalgar, El Palmar, Punta Paloma and Los Lances

There is no more land left for building in the municipalities of the Cadiz Bay area

July 4, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Building and construction news

Up to10,000 houses in the Axarquía illegal under terms of new planning law

The proposed law creates a new ‘soft development’ (urbanización blanda) to legalise existing houses. It rejects the demands of mayors to allow the building of houses on rural.
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June 10, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

One hundred San Pedro residents discover the Junta de Andalucía has plans for their land

They are the owners of small plots on the El Potril estate, where the Andalusian Government envisages putting up a small university or a logistics centre
The lawyer representing them says that the various plans are contradictory

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May 29, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

The Junta’s preliminary town plan for Marbella legalises 85 per cent of the illegal housing

Those who will benefit from the arrangement will have to pay for the creation of open spaces

Developments that have destroyed green areas or thoroughfares remain outside the scope of the plan

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May 26, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Marbella politicians clash over demolition of illegal buildings

The PP spokesman considers that pulling buildings down is “extreme” Read Article...

May 15, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

Law is changed to stop planning chaos

The Junta will have the authority to take power to grant planning permission away from Town Halls Read Article...

May 15, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning

The Housing Minister in favour of the building of mini-apartments for young people

The idea is criticised by consumer organisations and the opposition as being a return to post-war housing Read Article...

May 15, 2005 | Read more... | Category: Town & Country Planning