Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Don´t hold you breath, it is no doubt just another gimmick
Valencia Life 13.8.6
A REAL FIRST (VL) The Valencian Government yesterday gave the green light for the creation of a decree that will give rise to a Law of the Countryside of the Valencian Community. This initiative, propelled by Esteban Gonzalez Pons of the Conselleria for the Territory, will convert Valencia into the first autonomous region of Spain to undertake such an obligation, which is to take into account how to control construction. The new law as envisaged by the Conselleria is completely in line with a European Convention on the Countryside, which specifies that 'the territory is that perceived by its citizens', establishing the countryside as a 'fundamental element' of planning and as a condition on which other criteria such as new building and infrastructure are based. According to sources this new law also groups together and takes into account the Valencian Land Laws or LUV, The Law ofnon-Urbanizable Land, the Law of Environmental Impact and the Law of Protected Spaces. The document as elaborated by the Conselleria has some 66 articles, divided into a first chapter and three others concerning public intervention, the rules for the countryside and finally the controls for supervision.
(Note: This poorly worded report of yet another law in the pipeline won't do much to relieve the anxieties of small property owners, just as none of the laws announced or put into force so far have failed in this regard. It is more in the realm of a pre election gambit. As in the case of the other laws mentioned, it seems to be "business as usual" for the land grabbers. In any event , expect this new law if and when it emerges to be laced with caveats and exceptions. Until there are court cases against violators, it is unlikely that anything will change, besides the political rhetoric fromValencia- see how "green " we say we are! CVS)
Valencia Life 13.8.6
A REAL FIRST (VL) The Valencian Government yesterday gave the green light for the creation of a decree that will give rise to a Law of the Countryside of the Valencian Community. This initiative, propelled by Esteban Gonzalez Pons of the Conselleria for the Territory, will convert Valencia into the first autonomous region of Spain to undertake such an obligation, which is to take into account how to control construction. The new law as envisaged by the Conselleria is completely in line with a European Convention on the Countryside, which specifies that 'the territory is that perceived by its citizens', establishing the countryside as a 'fundamental element' of planning and as a condition on which other criteria such as new building and infrastructure are based. According to sources this new law also groups together and takes into account the Valencian Land Laws or LUV, The Law ofnon-Urbanizable Land, the Law of Environmental Impact and the Law of Protected Spaces. The document as elaborated by the Conselleria has some 66 articles, divided into a first chapter and three others concerning public intervention, the rules for the countryside and finally the controls for supervision.
(Note: This poorly worded report of yet another law in the pipeline won't do much to relieve the anxieties of small property owners, just as none of the laws announced or put into force so far have failed in this regard. It is more in the realm of a pre election gambit. As in the case of the other laws mentioned, it seems to be "business as usual" for the land grabbers. In any event , expect this new law if and when it emerges to be laced with caveats and exceptions. Until there are court cases against violators, it is unlikely that anything will change, besides the political rhetoric fromValencia- see how "green " we say we are! CVS)
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