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CostaBlancaPeople 20th - 26th February 2018
More skyscrapers on the horizon An application has been made to build four tower blocks of up to 29 storeys in la cala del Palangre between el Cura beach and Los Locos.
and Metrovacesa are planned in parts of the town where they will have a very high profile and could impact upon areas of interest such as the Acequión salt works and the beaches. They will also break the skyscraper limit of six floors that is largely in place in these areas currently. Members of the present local council, including those from Los Verdes and IU, have opposed such building previously. However, the agreement that this land could be used was made many years ago and Councillor Fanny Serrano has explained that the agreement cannot be reversed. Suzanne O’Connell
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his follows on from the application to build Baraka towers next to Doña Sinforosa park close to Acequión beach. The new application for Don Sento Towers has been put forward by the firm Metrovacesa who are originally from Elche and have a long history of this kind of building work in Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa and Santa Pola. The applications are taking advantage of modifications in planning laws that were agreed a decade ago by the PP but were opposed by the councillors who are currently leading the town council. Permission to build comes with the requirement that at least half of the accommodation is
intended for hotel use. The plans are very much in the early stages and studies must be done spanning different departments and
including what the environmental impact might be. The company interested in the building work has not yet set any date for when they might
begin because of the time it can take to get the necessary permission. The planned buildings are not without controversy. Both that of Baraka
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