Federico Ramos de Armas, Secretary of State for the Environment, has just talked on the Radio, about the new Coastal Law in Spain.He has said that with the old Law, people has been unprotected, because they thought they were the owners of the houses that they brought close to the coast in Spain, while these houses would be under “concession”, not of Property.
Federico Ramos says that from now, each buyer shall be sure that its house or hotel shall be of property.
Also, he thinks that the problem has been the disorder on the old Law.Therefore it has been changed for example two important points: first of all, this new Law shall be connected with the Land Registry.After that, the Law shall be connected with the Cadastre.So, no problem shall appear about the owner of a property.
Federico Ramos said that the new Law will ask to each town hall for for the data of each property brought, in the village or in the town.
Homes with moorings on the canals of Empuriabrava (Girona), North-east of Spain.Picture courtesy by Pere Duran
Also, Federico Ramos has talked about “chiringuitos”, in Spain, which can stay on beach for 4 years more.
"Chiringuito Bien-star", Tarifa, Cadiz, South of Spain, by Chodaboy, at flickr.com
The new Law shall expand concessions houses built on the beach in 75 years.
Also, the surface protection easement may lower the estuaries in some cases from 100 to 20 meters.
According to the Government, the expansion in 75 years of use concessions in the public domain, that began to expire in 2018, is necessary to "avoid the risk of occurrence of loss of the right in such a short time, especially since the difficulties that may be foreigners”. In addition, the owners of the beach houses can sell and make reforms without permission provided no increase in height or volume.
The new law recognizes that there will be a special boundary looser for the island of Formentera "because of the special geological" of the island. Moreover, public domain excludes another 10 villages which situations fall within the definition of the public area. This is Rocafel (Alicante), Puerto de Santa Pola (Alicante), Marina of Empuriabrava (Girona), Platja d'Aro (Girona), the estuary of Punta Umbria (Huelva), the town of Isla Cristina and the Caño Bough (Huelva), Pedregalejo and El Palo (Málaga) and Oliva (Valencia). These will become part of Heritage, that can be sold. Environmentalists see it as the first step to pass into private hands, because if it is considered public domain can not be sold. In total, approximately 10.000 homes will be saved.
The text excludes the public domain "artificial dunes and dunes dead", which will reduce the public area in places like Doñana. It also limits the scope definition of the largest known temporary split set the public domain. So far, Costas sometimes resorted to trace fossils to show that there came the sea and therefore should be public domain. Now if only it will be "checked reference" that there came the sea
It also exempts artificial sea be public domain, as the marina of Empuriabrava (Girona), noting that "not become part of the public maritime-terrestrial those lands that are flooded artificial and controlled as a result of works or facilities made for the purpose, provided that before the flood they were not”.
The standard also allows advertising on the beaches-so far-was forbidden, "where part of or accompanying activities permitted in the public domain."
Industries ("quarrying, power, chemical, petrochemical, textile and paper") located in the public domain must pass an environmental report to extend the concession. This process would continue in the Pontevedra estuary to the controversy Ence bin.
Since the bill became known, environmentalists have waged a battle against what they consider an attack that gives free environment to new urban illegalities. He has also criticized the PSOE reform, reform that considers “smells acquired political commitment and concrete interests people who move to a general law”.
By contrast, the European Commission has expressed support for the reform on the grounds that "provides greater legal certainty to the owners' farm on the coast while effectively protecting the environment. "This is good news for the Spanish economy. Citizens and European businesses will have more confidence to invest”, said the Vice President Viviane Reding, recently.
I hope this new Law can help many people out and iside Spain.
Kind regards,
Luis.
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