The town planning chaos in Marbella has no easy solution. GIL, the political party that authorised all sorts of outrageous developments, are no longer in control and those responsible have not yet been charged for a single town planning offence. The current government have said they only plan to look towards the future and they want to know nothing of the licences granted by previous government officials. The three-part government believe the autonomous government and the courts should be the ones to sort out these matters.
Justice is finally on the Junta’s side, and not before time. The Appeal Court in the TSJA have agreed to ratify the suspension of three new permits granted by Marbella Town Hall which will affect a total of 156 homes. These licences were contested by the Junta in 1999, 2000 and 2002 and were suspended by the courts. The actual legal proceedings only took place when the developments were completed and the properties inhabited.
For the first time, the courts attempted to analyse the town planning situation of the city and drew up a seven-page document containing the basic legalities of this sentence. It is stressed that when examining each licence suspension, you cannot consider it as an isolated case, due to the circumstances in Marbella.
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The Appeals Court is now faced with yet another impugnment bringing the total number of pending cases to 130, all relating to licences wrongfully granted by Marbella Town Hall and none of which have anything to do with licences granted by the current governing body.
In this sense, the Appeals Court is assessing the Junta’s proposals for a suspension because if they did not do it, the developers could in fact finish building before the verdict is established.
The three building permits that have been suspended are those of Apex Inmobiliaria (40 apartments in El Ingenio), Jardines del Mediteraneo (46 apartments in Huerta de las Merinas) and Pinogolf S.L. (70 apartments in Elviria lV Oeste).
