Thousands of buildings in Calpe could now be under threat of demolition because of the retrospective Ley de Costa.The protection zone for the cast is 500 metres .This is the area between the coast and what is deemed public land.There are many properties built within this zone in Calpe and consequently they could become demolished.
In the plan put forward by the provincial government this no-go zone is to be increased and so many apartment blocks inside the boundries could ultimately become subject of demolition.
This has produced great anger from the Calpe council and they say that the maps used by the provincial government are out of dateand that these maps do not show certain important boundries very clearly.About 15,000 hectares of Calpe coastline will be affected including Las Salinas. The council have quoted a Supreme Court ruling in 2003 which stated that the boundries were private property and thatno other boundries could be imposed.This plan imposes a boundry of 100m around the lake.The Salinas themselves are protected but there is a plan to build over 2000 homes at its peripheri.
Calpe council is now going to set up information points so that residents can remain informed of the proposals and what the council is going to do to counteract the proposals.
