Article published by Costa Blanca News interveiw with Mayor of jumilla
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Expropriations block golf resort
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By Nuria Pérez
THE SANTA Ana del Monte golf resort which Grupo San José is set to build in Jumilla has been temporarily halted, the town hall explained this week.
According to the local authority the delay has been caused because expropriated land has not been paid for by the board of compensation which is managed by Grupo San José chief, José Rodríguez Murcía.
Only the first 2,286 properties of the ‘plan parcial’ scheme were approved by the town hall in a full council meeting in 2006.
Most of the land – four million square metres – is owned by the company.
However they face a bill of nearly 4.5 million euros for another 200,000 square metres of land and other smaller plots which they do not own.
A council spokeswoman explained: “Once the land has been paid for, the remaining administrative procedures will be carried out.
“A deposit to guarantee the building works are finished will be made by the company and then the building licences will be issued.”
According to a licence issued by the town hall in April 2007 the company is only allowed to move earth and to build the foundations of 572 properties located in the RMD-4 area of the scheme.
The company is not allowed to build any property currently as no further licences have been issued.
Grupo San José hit the headlines in May when two of its companies – San José Inversiones and Herrada del Tollo – applied to the courts for voluntary suspension of payments (‘concurso de acreedores’).
Three administrators have been appointed by a judge for each company.
According to Antonio Navarro, president of promoters’ association Procosta, Grupo San José is negotiating with several credit institutions in order to carry on with the Santa Ana del Monte scheme.
He said: “The viability of the company depends partly on this scheme.”
CB News has asked Grupo San José to comment on the situation but no reply was received before going to press.
IU-Los Verdes councillor in Jumilla José Antonio Pérez said: “The company presented a massive scheme even though it did not own all the land.”
nperez@cbnews.es
This was printed yesterday and clearly shows that in this case the company had done things right the light at the end of the tunnel is still alight and just might be a bit brighter. as well as the article there were two letters also printed
regards
Brianmags
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