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Landowners plead for their rural property to be rezoned

Thirty families who live in the country on the Senda del Pilar are demanding that there is a new subdivision of the area around their property

ALBERTO GÓMEZ

Friday, 3 November 2017, 11:38

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A group of neighbours on a piece of rural land behind Torremolinos are fed up that the legal status of their properties is still in limbo over ten years after a promised development in their area never materialised.

30 families who live in the country on the Senda del Pilar are demanding that there is a new subdivision of the area around their property. Back in 2005, Torremolinos council approved the construction of a large residential and golf club complex but not one stone was laid.

The families concerned have smallholdings covering about 16 per cent of the area. Owners were required to give up some of their land for infrastructure. In their case, over half of their own share had to be given over as the majority of the larger development area was already in the hands of just three companies who wanted to go ahead and build. These majority companies in turn sold on to banks attracted by thenow-abandoned investment plans.

Now the residents say they want their land changed back to being rural as they are being suffocated by bills for services and building works that were never carried out and the local IBI property tax is too high on their over-valued land.

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