Rural land saved

The Plan General de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU) for extension of San Miguel de Salinas has been approved 15 years after it was first proposed. However, the local council has been forced to reduce the scale of development by 4.5m square metres from 15m square metres to 10.5m square metres. The 4.5m square metres saved includes agricultural land, forest and the spurs of the Sierra Escalona all of which is now protected from future urbanisation.