
The days of slapping down a cortijo, on a piece of land the size of a postage stamp and hoping that nobody would notice, are over… Or if they did, you’d just pay a fine and that’s it.
The chief opposition party in Molvízar has accused the Mayor of “consenting illegal building structures,” to go ahead, even though they lack planning permission; i.e. a sort of Nelsonian blind eye.
The Mayor of Itrabo, Jesús Carrascosa, stands accused of not lifting a finger to prevent the illegal construction of cortijos.
Of the 2,500 illegal cortijos in the municipality of Motril, only 70 owners have decided to take advantage of the amnesty measure. Consequently, the Town Hall has extended the amnesty by a further six months.