Planning approvals down 74% in Alicante
Planning approvals in Alicante Province, home to the Costa Blanca, fell 74% in 2008, according to the local College of Technical Architects. After a decade of covering the coast in concrete, building activity fell more in Alicante than anywhere else in Spain, where the average fall was 60%.
Dolores Golf Development approved without sufficient water resources
The Regional Government of Valencia – infamous for its “land grab” laws – has given the go-ahead for a golf development of 2,600 properties on a floodplain near Dolores, an inland town on the South Costa Blanca that has attracted foreign retirees.
British builders of illegal properties say just doing things “the Spanish way”
British owners of illegally-built properties in Zarra (Valencian Community) have told a court that they were just doing things “the Spanish way”, according to an article in the Spanish daily ‘Levante’. The authorities are investigating 87 homes in the area for lack of planning permission. Many of the owners are Britons who responded to an [...]
Campoamor residents get organised to fight for better public services
Residents of Campoamor, a residential development in Orihela, on the South Costa Blanca (Valencian Region), have set up an association to fight for better services from the local government. The association brings together more than 80 communities of owners, and a total of more than 1,000 residents. The association has been set up to ensure [...]
Estate agents in Torrevieja decimated by slump
Torrevieja’s estate agents are taking a beating as Spain’s property market slumps, reports the Spanish press. The number of agents has fallen from 400 to 200 in recent months, according to a newly-formed industry association set up to try and respond to the collapse in demand.
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