Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit
“Happy St Patrick’s Day”. With our publication day falling on St Patrick’s Day we felt it only right and proper to take a break from the natural splendour of Ibiza for the beauty of Ireland
Frauding Of The 5,000 Cadastre uncovers 5,000 urban illegalities in Sant Antoni and Sant Josep
The cadastral (think land registry) regularization process initiated in 2013 by the Ministry of Finance has discovered a total of over 3,000 illegal property alterations, extensions and developments in Sant Josep, and just under 2,000 in San Antonio. Data for Santa Eulària,
Ibiza Town, Formentera and Sant Joan is not yet available. The review is based upon the registered rateable value and aims to ensure that “the description of the property is consistent with reality, that the buildings (homes, additions, pools, irrigation ponds and reforms, rehabilitations or change of use of buildings) that exist in each munici-
pality are registered in their respective municipalities and with the Land Registry.” In November 2014 the Ministry of Finance stated that "If the cadastral holder has not declared the extent and use of their property, or has done so incompletely, it is considered a fraud that the state has an obligation to (Continued on page 2)