Salobreña Town Council will ratify an accord for the urban development of the TH2 area of the municipality in the next Plenary Meeting.
This development sector comprises 907,000 sq/m of which 200,000 sq/m will be designated as building land (edificable), all of which will be exclusively hotel plots.
Furthermore, the six, planned hotels must be a minimum of four or five stars. One of the hotel chains interested is the Impressive, which intends to build a 500-room resort, explained company owner,Juan Fierro.
Mayor Javier Ortega said that the accord will be ratified on the 15th of November.
The Mayor considers that this will create employment, both in the building phase, as well as hotel staff after they are open. In his opinion, this is a “very positive” step for the municipality
Editorial comment: There goes the last virgin beach that the municipality has.
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Thor. This is Spain. Business done in restaurants, rather then like the UK in golf clubs. Still, the same result. Mates looking after mates.
It’s just a shame that it may well affect the sea area (see brown algae or stains at Salobrena. La Caleta and Playa Granada in the past summers) and cause traffic issues.
Like the new build businesses at the end of Playa Granada parking area. Mates again. Still forward progress. Money makes money.
Plus as the lack of water continues. More and more sub tropical fruit farmers will go under. So more land for solar panels or housing/hotels. Who knows.
Correction. Just selling public land may not be subject to EU rules, but the council’s aims are more than just getting money, and the only secure way to achieve their goals is through competitive bidding.
This I know in general how it’s done elsewhere:
Any regulation plan would include feasibility studies on the impact of the environment, water, wildlife, traffic, arguments for the need for that activity in that place etc. Once completed, the council would vote for it. Next, given the size of the project, EU regulations kick in requiring the project to be announced across EU asking for bidders to build it. The papers would set out step by step how to carry through the project to completion, what infrastructure the builder has to provide etc, time scale included, requiring proof of the financial capacity to complete the project.
Once a capable builder is selected, the council will vote to approve and then, only then, do they sign the contract.
Up to the point of the contract, all documents in the process would be available to those who ask the council to view them.
May be Salobreña has done all that? But, too many developments in Spain seem to be done in the reverse, in the private, falllible to corruption, and with a total disregard for transparency, resulting in the too many failed or half finished projects that litter the countryside. This quote from Salobreña’s own announcement:
“For his part, the advisor of the Impressive group, José Puente, has highlighted the good relationship that he maintains with the current government team and the firm will on both sides for the development of this project”.
Lived in Salobrena almost 9 years now and I know where the biggest obstacle to this is going to be: Finishing it.
Man, how many half-finished buildings are scattered about? There’s the one on Av. Mediterraneo, halfway to the beach, next to the bakery. There’s the one on Calle Labradores, just before the Municipal Market. There’s a couple of big ones on Av. Andalucia that runs along the beach. And then there is the biggest one – the one they never even started on the delta, just below the castle.
If you’re going to start it, Salobrena, make sure you can finish the damn thing! The last thing this town needs is more half-built hulks cluttering up the natural beauty of this place. There’s too many already.
Quite right Fred, and building more properties on a coastal salt marsh when rising sea levels are occurring is a plan devised by fools
Something I don’t get.
Two hotels started by the Penon/La Guardia area. Then stopped for reasons unknown.
Now even bigger just out of town. Very odd.
Up from two 500 room hotels to six.
Someone’s bank manager will be happy.
Of course there’s plenty of water to supply all these new hotels and no doubt the income generated will go towards desperately needed environmental/water conservation projects NOT????????