Just seen this article in Diario Sur:-

http://www.diariosur.es/20131013/loc...310132140.html

It's not very explanatory about what type of property is included (I'm very doubtful anything built on protected land could be regularised) but for anybody with a problem in the area covered by the Velez municipality it might be worth looking into. At a cost of only €60 it sounds better than paying a lawyer large sums to do the same.

Lynn, as you say - not very explanatory and probably a poor piece of journalism.
for €60 you can't get much. maybe a habitation certificate if you are lucky. perhaps the recording of the casita/swimming pool on the on-line version of the cadastral.
but surely, as you say, it won't legalise properties that don't comply with the Ley de Suelo. Nothing can do that.

http://www.surinenglish.com/20120521...205211137.html
highlights another, unofficial, effort and a simple Google on the basic subject matter brings up many "efforts" and "initiatives".
One I have read about, similar to this, was met with responses based around "I have all the legal documentation - why do I need to get more for you to tell me my house is still illegal"


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I don't think you can count it as journalism at all, actually - on closer examination it is just the Ayuntamiento press release, as published on its website, and nothing more. I don't have any further details.

I suspect it will mainly assist anybody who has unregistered additions to their properties - but at least there is the opportunity to do something about that, at low cost, because of this temporary "amnesty", before the new Catastral inspections mentioned start, after which it says people could face fines of up to €6,000. They can't say they haven't been warned.

if they are planning new catastral inspections - does that mean they will be revising the IBI/Basura based on what they find ??

just a thought