Will it - or won’t it, remain green?
The News/views Magazine ABOUT and FOR Jávea - you can hold in your hand
The one large remaining uncultivated and barren green area between the Jesus Pobre Road and Calle Castellans in the Montgó area Jávea was again the subject of recent discussion by the local Planning Commission. The Commission again refused permission to develop the site at the foothills of the Montgó, to allow a mixture of single-family and assisted-living accommodation.
Assisted-living accommodation (based on similar projects at Colina Club in Calpe and Ciudad Patricia in Benidorm) would allow frail people to remain in property they would own or rent, yet still receive (and pay for) support to maintain their independence, rather than being discarded to an Old Folks Home. The project had originally been welcomed by the City, which created a tender document, setting out the requirements and inviting bids. The document and bids must be endorsed by the full monthly meeting of Jávea Councillors, which is increasingly more interested in
ecology and the environment, rather than practical solutions to the housing needs of people who have already lived in Jávea for more years than many local politicians have been born. When the new General Plan was approved, this important area was not zoned to continue as scrubland. The Commission’s rejection was forwarded to the October monthly meeting of Councillors, who confirmed it be rejected. Four years ago, the municipal government rejected a proposal to build more luxury housing on the site, believing it was implementing the rules received from the regional Government in Valencia.
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The developers were urged to submit a fresh application that included sheltered accommodation. Developers were instructed to provide a so-called Eco Corridor buffer area through the centre of the development, as well as a ‘park’ on land closest to the Montgó, leaving developers with insufficient land to make the project financally viable. Despite municipal discouragement and obstacles, Dutch insurer Habidrome did their best with the cards left in their hand by Jávea Townhall, from the Council including such major restrictions in the Summer of 2011, but approved in February 2013 the concept of ‘care homes’. The Townhall invited tenders from other developers, but these were rejected. There were various negotiations, with each side claiming the other was unreasonable, and former Town Planning Councillor Pere Sapena decided only one of the submissions had
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