Friday, August 10, 2012

A bit of a cock up

We are used to reading about illegal housing in Spain – homes that were erected by builders before official permission was granted. In many cases, the homes have been legalised at a later date but sadly there are a number which have been demolished because they were built too close to the coast or were built on protected land.

Getting it wrong with an individual house is bad enough  but I read  this morning that the 21 storey twin towers built by Edicicaciones Calpe SL in the Punta Llisera zone of Benidorm have been declared illegal by the Supreme Court in Madrid.

Permission was granted by the Dirección General de Puertos y Costas in 2005, the controversial apartment blocks were built and some of the 168 apartments are lived in.

Quite what happens now is anybody’s guess. There will no doubt be appeal after appeal but eventually they could be scheduled for demolition.  

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