Ley de Costas fines and demolitions halted while government draws up revised legislation

[aspasia]

Ley de Costas fines and demolitions halted while government draws up revised legislation

Fines and demolition orders for properties in breach of the controversial Ley de Costas have been halted while the new national government draws up revised legislation to deal with coastal areas. Nothing will now happen until the new law is in place, though some sanctions and demolitions may well still go ahead at that point [...]

Source: Ley de Costas fines and demolitions halted while government draws up revised legislation

[aspasia]

 Up to 46 coastal areas in the Canaries will benefit from a moratorium approved in a new Ley de Costas and will avoid demolitions, said lawyer and Asociación Europea de Perjudicados por la Ley de Costas en Canarias representative, José Luis Langa, yesterday. Sr Langa explained that under the revised legislation, those areas which do not already have final Court judgements against them could avoid this legal action, at least until the new law is finally on the statute books.

In Tenerife, therefore, only Cho Vito is subject to full demolition, and part of Igueste de San Andrés; the other areas affected are Las Resbaladas, Boca Cangrejo, Playa de la Viuda, Playa de Lima, Las Galletas, El Médano, Mesa del Mar, Igueste de San Andrés, El Caletón de la Matanza, Bajo La Cuesta, Cho Vito, El Varadero, Santa Lucia, Agache, San Juan de la Rambla, Almáciga-Taganana-Roque Bermejo, Los Cristianos, La Caleta-Adeje, Guía de Isora and Playa San Juan. JA

[Janet]

The remaining residents of Cho Vito knew this was coming yesterday or today, and had set up their last stand, on hunger strike, but the "firme" judgement of the Courts is unstoppable, as were the 30 or so Guardia Civil and National Police officers who descended on the little settlement at first light this morning. In their wake came the bulldozer. JA