According to the local branch of the opposition party in Almuñécar, PSOE, the ruling party (PP) completely ignored the wishes of Los Herradureños in a Plenary Meeting of the Town Council.
The problem is a licence for a large residential complex in Las Palomas on Cerro Gordo and in the opinion of the PSOE, the Mayor’s cabinet is “making money at the expense of our environmental heritage.”
It appears that the locals who are complaining and the PSOE are not alone in their opposition to this project because the other opposition parties are against it.
Again, it appears, that the Town Hall is in the process of giving building permission for a small housing complex on a private, green area and the deal is that the developer will cede land to the Town Hall for the construction of a padel court.
What sense it makes to change a undeveloped plot of land in the countryside into yet another housing complex and to have a sports facility arguably so far away from the village itself, does invite speculation as to its suitability.
The PSOE is also concerned that this will be just the first of several areas of hitherto unspoilt countryside that will receive permission under a Plan Parcial to build upon.
The said Plan Parcial allowed the construction of Las Palomas but left the beforementioned private land as green belt (officially or not).
A Plan Parcial is a sort of ammendment to a PGOU (General Urban Development Plan).
Editorial comment: When is the Town Hall going to make guarding our unspoilt areas a priority instead of filling the coffers with building-licence money?
(News: Herradura, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)
Keywords: Urban Development, Greenbelt, PP, PSOE, Las Palomas, Plan Parcial
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