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It is currently illegal to stop construction within 500 metres of the sea.
Ban on building on the last unspoiled beaches of the Costa is overturned

Ban on building on the last unspoiled beaches of the Costa is overturned

The 2015 regional plan to stop construction within 500 metres of the sea has been declared illegal but the Junta de Andalucía is considering an appeal

Jesús Hinojosa

Friday, 22 September 2017, 16:14

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Andalucía's highest court has thrown out a plan to protect the shoreline of Andalucía that the regional government approved in 2015.

The restrictions, known as the Plan de Protección del Corredor del Litoral, were designed to put a stop to construction on land alongside the sea on Andalucías coast that has not yet been built over.

The town of Barbate in Cadiz appealed against the plan and a judge ruled in their favour earlier this month, explaining that the document had been approved when the Junta was run by an acting government, prior to being formally sworn in, and, as such, it didnt have the authority to do so.

The plan aimed to stop construction on a strip within 500 metres of the official shoreline. On the Costa del Sol it meant that 1,200 planned homes were halted, although the courts recent ruling allows the constructors to look at starting again.

Over half this number are in the Torre del Mar area, where the Juntas plan froze six projects: Valle de Niza, Torre Jaral, Arroyo El Cabo, El Pinto, La Serrezuela and Loma de Juanelo.

Councillors in Vélez-Málaga, which covers that area, had originally appealed the 2015 plan, citing the importance of increasing tourism in the municipality, but in the end this objection was turned down.

Manilva council also objected to the coastline plan as 30 hectares known as Loma del Rey couldnt be developed. Nor could 321 homes be built at Playa de Guadalmansa in Estepona. All that could now change with the new ruling.

The Junta de Andalucía has said that it is studying the options available to it to appeal the ruling in Madrids Supreme Court.

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