Save the Pla de Feliu

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are still struggling to save what is known as the last ‘green lung’ of Calpe, the Pla de Feliu.

For years the site has been threatened by plans to build up to 1,000 houses and a golf course on the highly valuable land, and the issue has become one of the major debates in the run-up to Sunday’s local elections.

Investigator and historian Jose Luis Luri recently held a conference in the Casa Nova university headquarters to explain the past, present and future of the area that was attended by a large audience.

The Pla de Feliu covers from the old Casa Nova farm- house to the Plans, which became one of the main epicentres of the historic raisin trade in the 19th century.

But just five years ago a project was put forward to build a large housing development and golf course in the area, encouraged by the