The reactivation by the Nijar City Council (Almería), once permits have been obtained from the Andalusian Government, for a controversial hotel project in the vicinity, 900 meters, of the splendid virgin beach of Los Genoveses, in a protected area of the Cabo de Gata Natural Park (Almería) , has generated tremendous concern in the region.
Beyond the environmentalist opposition, which sees in the plan a miniature Algarrobicono less than 3,764 citizens with their names and surnames have filed applications with the City Council, through the platform Genoese without a hotelagainst the performance.
The plan of the company Torres y González Díaz SL is to restore an old farmhouse and plans to use the facilities to open a four-star hotel with 70 parking spaces, swimming pool and about 30 rooms in a space “qualified as special protection that only allows traditional agricultural livestock activity, environmental education and scientific research,” according to the platform.
The company’s idea is to recover its investment, which exceeds two million euros, little by little, in 25 yearsas stated in the action project, to which he has had access Public.
On this beach, which is one of the emblems of the region, there are access limitations in the summer months. “According to the Board’s data, The capacity of Genoveses beach is 1,000 peopleand given its overcrowding, some time ago, it was decided to restrict access in summer, limiting parking to 216 vehicles. [El proyecto incrementaría] the pressure by 32%, assuming that only 70 vehicles were parked,” say the environmentalists.
“Hotel users,” they add, “would have a privileged means to access the beachsince they would not go through the controls, and they could not be prevented from going to the beach which is about 900 meters from the place where they want to put the hotel, with which we are exceeding the capacity of the beach, unless be that we eliminate part of the current parking on the beach.
The Níjar City Council, today governed by the PP, previously by the PSOE, took the action to a plenary session this past summer – the PSOE voted against it, but did not oppose it when it governed the project – and opened a period of allegations. That is where thousands of citizens have taken their requests. In the plenary session last summer, the mayor defended the legality of the project.
Environmentalists fear that the launch of this hotel will open a melon that is currently closed. The question they ask is: How to prevent new similar projects if one has already been approved?
in court
The matter will end foreseeably in the contentious courts. Although both the Board, the City Council, and the company defend the legality of the project, for environmental organizations it is unviable.
The launch of the hotel requires a change in the uses of the land, which is currently protected. The Cabo de Gata Management Plan explains to Public Manuel Perez Solaco-spokesperson for Equo in Andalusia, “establishes that the area where the hotel wants to be built is one that only allows traditional agricultural and livestock activities.”
“However,” he adds, the Law to Promote the Sustainability of the Andalusian Territory approved by the Government of Andalusia after the pandemiccontemplates the possibility of making protective measures in natural spaces more flexible if there is public utility or social interest; which the town councils must ultimately justify, [en este caso el de Níjar] to be able to authorize the change of land use”.
Pérez Sola adds: “The consulted jurists They believe that there are no compelling reasons to justify that a four-star hotel that will employ eight or ten people a few months a year, has any social interest and public utility and They trust that Justice will paralyze it“.
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