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June 14th, 2005
Spain’s notorious “land grab” law, under which hundreds of expatriate Britons have lost homes on the Costa Blanca, is to be scrapped in three months.Faced with the prospect of being hauled before the European Court of Justice, Spanish provincial legislators have pledged to redraft the property laws by September and ...
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January 9th, 2006
MEPs adopted a report with 550 votes in favour, 45 against with 25 abstentions on the alleged abuse of the Valencian Land Law known as the LRAU and its effect on European citizens.The Parliament invites the competent authorities to take account of the following suggestions, to remedy the problems that ...
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January 17th, 2006
Plans to construct a further 450,000 homes along a 500 kilometer stretch of Spain’s already massively developed Mediterranean coast could be derailed by a lack of water, regional water boards have warned, indicating that the long running conflict between urban development and environmental sustainability has now come to a head.Documents ...
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August 8th, 2006
The EP petitions committee adopted a recent fact finding report on Land irregularities in Spain by an overwhelming majority. Michael Cashman, member of the recent European Parliament Petitions committee delegation to Spain and co-author of the fact finding report was “delighted” by the overwhelming endorsement of the report at a meeting ...
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September 13th, 2006
Before buying any new apartment or town house being built in the Manilva, Cost Del Sol Los Hidalgos development, “please be aware that you could be adversely affected if the courts find in favour of this community’s legal actions”. This is the warning posted on a new website set up by ...
Continue reading Spanish property owners fight to stop Development
September 15th, 2006
Michael Cashman, the Labour MEP who has been defending the fundamental rights of victims of land abuses in several regions of Spain attacked the “underhanded party politics” of the Spanish Partido Popular prior to a vote in the European Parliament today. Carlos Iturgaiz MEP and member of the EPP group (European ...
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March 16th, 2007
Foreign real estate investment in the Valencian region has fallen by a thousand million euros since high profile protests about ‘land grab’ laws began in the region, according to a recent study by the Bank of Spain. Brenda Waddington of Spanish agent Rusticasa told the OPP that: “There has been an ...
Continue reading Land Grab Costs Valencia €1Bn
April 24th, 2007
In response to a number of planning complaints from residents in Madrid, Valencia and Almería, a fact-finding mission in these regions was undertaken at the of February - led by the president of the European Parliament’s Petitions Committee, Marcin Libicki, and his Deputy, Michael Cashman, MEP. Based on these investigations ...
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April 25th, 2007
Spain is coming under renewed pressure to change its ‘land grab’ laws following adoption of an EU report branding the current position a violation of human rights. The report comes from the Petitions Committee, of which UK MEP Michael Cashman is vice chairman. Co-author of the report, which has now been ...
Continue reading Damning report brings pressure for Spanish property law change
July 13th, 2007
50% of Spain’s capital investment is in property, which is also responsible for half of all new jobs and a significant contributor to Spanish GDP. The continued inflation of house prices has put a home in Spain beyond the reach of many foreign and national buyers just when more ...
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