Hi, here is the link to an article in Spanish re the licence for Terrazas de Torreblanca and also a translation below (done very quickly on internet translation thingy, not great but gives an idea)
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/andalucia/Aifos/saca/pisos/debajo/tierra/elpepuespand/20070821elpand_2/Tes
Aifos removes flats underneath of the land ELPAÍS* : The property development company Aifos has built in Fuengirola a promotion with 203 dwellings, Terraces of Torreblanca, when the license granted by the City Hall authorized him to raise 161. The 42 houses built of more are found at present in a legal limbo because the town council that presides Hope Oña (Popular Party) refuses to give the license of first occupation until the project be not adjusted al authorized. This administrative obstacle has not impeded to the property development company of malaga to market the dwellings, with what the buyers can be al final the main damaged of the conflict.
The property development company defends the legality of their action and assures to have legal reports that give him the reason. According to Aifos, the final suitability for building does not exceed of the authorized one and does not consider that a plant exist of more because "when was done the retaining wall it so happened that the land was deeper than what appeared in the ground study of the City Hall the one that was ill done". The 42 dwellings built of more occupy a plant low level done not contemplate in the project that the City Hall authorized and for the one that gave the pertinent license. That is to say, the promotion of Aifos has not grown in height because has grown in depth on a slope.
For the City Hall of Fuengirola, nevertheless, the situation is evident and does not admit shades. It granted a license for 161 dwellings and they have been built 203. According to the municipal department of press, "in its moment, Aifos presented a project of works that was adjusted to the law and therefore the City Hall granted him the corresponding license. Nevertheless the construction built by the property development company does not correspond with the project presented, since surpasses the suitability for building permitted by the law and before this breach cannot be granted the license of first occupation".
Aifos carried out the project of the urbanization Terraces of Fuengirola in October of 2002, and the City Hall granted him the license October 11, 2003 by decree of the councilman of Town planning, Ana Mule. In October of 2004, the same architects that did the project it reelaboraron and included already the 203 dwellings that have been executed finally. The City Hall did not detect the irregularities until the property development company concluded the works and requested the permission of first occupation.
The construction finished a year ago, and August 2, 2006, the property development company requested the mandatory license of first occupation. Before the lack of answer of the City Hall, in January requested again the permission, but the town council continues without answering. According to Aifos, would be able to understand granted the license by administrative silence given the time elapsed without answer, but has announced that for the time being will not deliver the dwellings to its buyers to the wait to resolve the conflict with the City Hall.
Municipal sources have informed THE COUNTRY that the town council "will not grant license of first occupation while the building respect not the law" and they have needed that "the business is not going to find support neither municipal contribution until rectify not". The town council holds responsible to Aifos of any perjuicioque they can suffer the buyers by comply not the legality.
In the writing of request of the license of first occupation, the property development company justifies the difference among him built and the authorized thing in which is a holder of an aprovechamiento of 1.650 square meters of ceiling in a different plot in the same zone and he has determined by his account a redistribution. He invokes legal principles that as understands Aifos they permit him to materialize all its rights on the two plots in which occupies Terraces of Torreblanca. But in the same writing Aifos admits the lack of the pertinent municipal permission to do it. "In this case, we find us with a situation based on the confidence given by that administration that though at no time authorized us according to the rules to conclude the building sita in the plot TB-058 with the 1.650 meters of ceiling originating from the plot TB-059, has neither impeded it us".
Aifos, one of the most powerful property development companies real estate agencies of the province of Malaga, has been seen frequently in the last times in the eye of the hurricane. His president and founder, Jesus Ruiz Married, is processed in the Malayan case next to other three executives of the firm by bribe al to have delivered quantities more than five million euro al presumed brain of the plot of corruption, Juan Antonio Rock, to obtain I try beneficial the City Hall of Marbella in several of his promotions, between them the two hotels Guadalpín.
But besides, of the summary of Malaya two pieces separated have been split, a by presumed crime against the Public Estate of Ruiz Married and their wife, and another to investigate the gifts that the property development company has carried out to public offices, judges and technicians of some City Hall. Ruiz Married is found besides attributed by a presumed crime of swindle by selling several promotions of flats in Corner of the Victory that never built and for the ones that did not come building permit have even.
THE City Hall WILL NOT COLLABORATE
Aifos raised in the promotion Terraces of Torreblanca 203 dwellings when only could build 161.
The building had just built in August of 2006 but the City Hall will not give the license of first occupation "until the real estate respect the law".
The executives of Aifos are attributed in the Malayan case by giving more than five million to Rock.
* ELPAIS.com - DIEGO NARVÁEZ - Malaga - 21/08/2007 Photo: Urbanization of Aifos Terraces of Torreblanca- JULIÁN
RED (The Country)
in 21.8.07 by CarlosR
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1 comments: McFioso said... As curiosity: Aifos (besides having several pending causes in the courts) is being announced in Madrid in the stations of train during July as if they did "discounts of summer".