CDL Ben

Apparantly, one of the suspects of the original Chiclana fires is someone of 'lower than average intelligence' which is often the case when people are used to start fires for the gain of others (trust me I have exerience of this.)
Whatever people say, a burnt pine is no longer a protected pine because as soon as the growth area is destroyed, the whole tree dies !!
If Chiclana truly is growing at the rate of 2000 residents a year are there any plans to put more petrol stations in the area as I was in a queue 8 cars long this morning to fill up my car. I really do have better things to do !!

poollounger

Entirely selfish but maybe they will build a wall of flats between me and the Levante...if only the poor souls who buy these flats were aware of this forum they might think differently of front line apartments!! No honestly I would rather have the Levante and the pine forests. I expect they will say they have no money to replant.. maybe we should start a fund and stump them ??

Chiclanagir

Can you elaborate a bit on this two storey rule?

Chiclanagir

Just received my first bill for bin emptying. 26e I think it´s every other month

poollounger

Can't elaborate on the rule Glynis, but in our street there are several 2 storey villas in an area where I though it was all supposed to be single storey. One had a new tower added the week we were there last, which went up in no time. One day it was breeze block being laid, the next it was all plastered and roofed. My Spanish neighbour assures me they are all illegal, completely and utterly. When I asked if the Ayuntamiento could have them demolished he said highly unlikely, in fact almost certainly not!!

Chiclanagir

Well i suppose if somebody made a denuncia and they are illegal the authorities would have to do something if only fining them. Does the tower affect your privacy? Do you know what the two storey large building opposite Florentinas is going to be? It looks too big for a house!

poollounger

No it's a fair way away and I must admit looks rather attractive framed by some large palm trees. Cannot say I noticed the two storey building opposite the Florentina.. have you asked them ?? Perhaps a hotel? I always got the feeling that Pago del Humo wouldn't stay that rural for much longer...too near the town and beaches too.

Chiclanagir

I think you are right, new houses going up all the time and as you say it´s so easy to get into town.

Mourinho

The general rule for developing in the area is ground floor +2 as the maximum , as in the Uk there is a distinct lack of affordable housing , so in the down town areas and the new development at San Jaime they are relaxing the ruling to allow 7 and 8 storey buildings ,you never Know here but if you built illegally higher than 2 storeys action would be taken .

poollounger

A Spanish friend in London was asking about the fires that destroyed the pine trees in Chiclana... she had seen it on Spanish TV in her flat in Victoria...maybe with so much exposure, and the ongoing saga in Marbella, people will be less keen to flout the regulations publicly ??

Chiclanagir

I doubt it!

In the field behind us they have just started to build five new houses. I am not sure how big the plot is but it is a similar size to ours where there are four houses all with approx 500 metre plot. I cannot imagine that they have planning permission. I do so hope that they are not all sold to English as this will then become like an English enclave. It would be nice to have a mixture of nationalities.

Mourinho

Illegal they will be , plot size alone tells us this , on the electricity front , a lot of disconnections in Marquesado and the Venta Lopez area , also the word is and not fact , but reliable source the sub letting of electricity is being monitored , where a dwelling existed with an electricity supply and consumption has substantially increased , these are being singled out for investigation as the company believes this is an accurate sign electricity is being sub let of course illegally , i was also told that any dwelling on designated white land will not receive a meter , those illegal houses with a meter and with the back dated building dates will have to pay back dated electricity bills as well , have to wait and see if this proves correct but what is fact is elec company is starting to get tougher with illegal supplies .

CDL Ben

Apparantly, there was a meeting in El Marquesado between the residents and the elec. company. They were all told for a fee they would have meters, and all they would have to do was to provide their names, location and how long they have lived there.......2 days later almost the entire area was cut off !!!

poollounger

Perhaps someone with a socialist attitude has decided this might be the way to make local housing more affordable....cut off the elex supply, owners get frustrated and sell up cheaply and leave. It really is an appalling situation, and I believe there are still agents selling houses in white zones..apart from the few honest ones, and they do exist....

Galli

Could you recommend some honest ones?Many thanks for any advice.