The Mayor of Salobreña’s plan to completely redo access to the beach from the western entrance from the N-340 has met opposition from a local citizens group, Cal y Caña.

We’re talking about the existing shortest route to the beach from the N-340 entrance next to Hotel Miba: you go down the slip road, take the first exit into town, come to the dodgy T-junction, turn right and head towards the old town, but taking the first right down a narrow street leading to the back road between El Peñon and La Guardia/La Caleta. Here’s a Google aerial image to help:

Right, if you look at the cleared land in the image, this is where the entrance and new housing will go up; it’s the latter that bothers some locals represented by Cal y Caña.

You can see a large tree by a road in the centre right of the aerial image, which is the dodgey T-junction, which will be replaced by a roundabout. The new access will swing across the cleared land to reach the Calle Cuesta Caracho, which is the narrow lane down to the beach backroad. Below is a better view of the cleared-land area

Now, the Mayor says that only 31% of the total area will be used for residential housing, leaving the rest for public spaces, amenities, and roads. The plan sets aside over 5,600 sq/m for the new beach access road an other lanes. 

The plan respects all urban development regulations, claims the Mayor, putting a top of a 108 dwellings, of which 21 will be subsidised social housing (VPOs). The plan has the approval of the Junta, in that it does not contain any environmental issues.

So, what is Cal y Caña’s beef with the idea? They submitted 24 seperate objections to the plan during the public viewing period, considering that the plan gravely alters urban panorama on land adjacent to the Casco Antiguo and the Castle. In other words, it completey buggers the view of the old town and castle.

They also consider that the plan allows more than permitted building density under the General Urban Development Plan 2001; i.e., far too many bricks on too little land. Furthermore they consider that the new, wide access to the beach will be detrimental to the vega.

Now, the housing that the Mayor was referring to is a huge block of flats, stepped so that it varies between three and five floors high which even the official viability study pointed out would affect the view, claims Cal y Caña.

Your views, please, Readers!

(News: Salobrena, Costa Tropical Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Beach Access, Casco Antiguo, Spoilt View, New Dwellings, Beach Backroad, Cal y Caña

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