Demolition looms

A PAIR of illegal luxury housing developments are set to be demolished in Mallorca.

Both schemes numbering dozens of homes in Monport and Cala Llamp will be knocked down this year, after the developer lost an appeal to save them.

The projects are seen as a ‘symbol of corruption’ from back in the times of mayor, Eugenio Hidalgo, who was finally imprisoned for allowing their construction on non-developable land.

Under the ‘caso Andratx’ case, the homes had been hurriedly built between 2004 and 2005, before they were stopped at approximately 80% finished.

Andratx town hall recently voted to put aside €4.4 million to undertake the demolition, as well as up to €20 million to indemnify the owners and builders.

In total, 42 apartments will come down.

A PAIR of expats have had a construction project stopped due to unacceptable noise levels.

A Judge in Mallorca agreed with the German owners that a double luxury villa project next to them was regularly going over the new 90 decibel limit.

The pair contracted a private firm to con-

Not Falling On Deaf Ears

firm the legal noise pollution level was above the limit on 10 different days, starting at 8am and finishing late in the day. While Palma town hall tried to overrule the claim, the Judge sided with the pair and ordered an immediate stop on the works. He ruled that the ‘excessively high noise levels’ were preventing the pair from leading a normal life and their rights were being infringed.