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If you are a regular on the Costa del Sol you will no doubt have picked up one or two of the free newspapers and magazines that are to be found in most coffee shops and hotel foyer.
There are some excellent publications from quality lifestyle publications like ‘Essential Magazine’ to the more gritty traditional newspaper format of the ‘Olive Press’. I have always enjoyed the weekly published ‘Sur in English’ – there are Spanish and Russian versions too – to bring me up to date on the comings and going of Spain.
Among the reports in the 10th to 16th January 2020 edition that celebrates the installation of a new national government in Madrid and the blackmailing of the Malaga football coach is a small but vital piece of news mid way down page two in the ’In Brief’ column.
It is reported that Marbella Town Hall has set a timeline for the new PGOU Planning Masterplan. Regular readers will know that the lack of a PGOU has been a thorn in the side of property owner and potential property buyers for many years. In simple terms the lack of an overall Master Plan for Marbella has left some queries, at best, as to the legality of the villa, townhouses and apartments being offered for sale. A new PGOU should deliver increased clarity.
It being noted, I understand, that legislation is already underway that will have the effect of rectifying many of the current doubts about precise planning denomination of individual plots and existing developments.
The report goes on to say the team delivering the new draft PGOU hope to do so by summer 2020. With anticipated approval by the Marbella authorities and the Junta de Andalucia in Seville within the next two years with the aim is to have it clear of the legislative hurdles by June 2023.
This is good news for Marbella and although it seems some years off the momentum is there to deliver it realistically quickly. Watch this space!
STOP PRESS – One of Marbella’s Costa del Sol neighbours, Torremolinos, has announced a very exciting new project that had been delayed whilst the town finalised its PGOU. With the final stage of the PGOU process, publication in the Junta de Andalucía’s official bulletin, awaited shortly, a well-known developer “Intu” are investing €850m in a new shopping and leisure complex to be called “Intu Costa del Sol“ which will be one of the most exciting new projects the coast has seen in several years. It is anticipated to open in 2023, in addition to providing many jobs there will be 142,000 m2 of shops, 70 restaurants, gardens and leisure facilities. A beach club, an auditorium for up to 5,000 people, and a children’s play area will complete the site which sits close to the A7 north of the town.
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