No 610
Monday 21st - Sunday 27th Mar, 2016
Thousands of building permits in Torrevieja may have to be reapplied for, after the Planning Department said that many have now expired. According to the head of the Section, Fanny Serrano, the Town Hall will have to declare building permits which have not been taken up within the prescribed period of 24 months as expired. Serrano pointed out that the reason for the enforced expiration is that each individual project must comply with the law and as those laws change periodically, the town hall must “provide legal certainty” that these projects comply with the changes in the law. Some of the building permits which have been issued date back as the year 2000, which are “obviously not geared to the current rules”, and so cannot be completed. The department is now in the process of contacting the
developers to invite them to resubmit their applications and to help them comply with the law. Overall, applications for building permits have been increasing in the area, including Torrevieja and Orihuela, which is indicative of the return to more prosperous times, but those projects which have been dormant since the start of the crisis will have to be reassessed before their permit is reissued. Indeed some may well have to be demolished. In 2015 in Torrevieja, there were 186 applications for major projects, up until the middle of February, this figure had already reached 38. As for minor works, in 2015 there were 1,083 applications, whereas up until the middle of February there were 237. Serrano concluded by pointing out that the urban sector in Torrevieja, which was once known to be a “closed shop”, is now open to everyone and everybody is treated equally.
Tel: 637 227 385
THOUSANDS OF BUILDING PERMITS REVOKED