Your home is safer, Demolitions are being prevented by law The Supreme Court prevents the demolition of 344 houses in Chozas de Canales The houses are in Programa de Actuation Urbanistica Chozas de Canales, and the court was held in Toledo. The tenants of PAU Z – 9 Canales, a neighborhood with 344 homes built eight […]
This week, Mario Blancke and Philip Smalley represented SOHA.ES at the Andalucian Parliament in Seville to put the case forward for the modifications needed in the law that will put an end to the continuous threat of demolition for houses build in irregular segregated land. Full speech of Mario can be found here in Spanish. […]
Article from the Olive Press… Marbella’s town planning travels back almost three decades after the 2010 revisions were annulled by the Supreme Court. The urban plan, or PGOU (Plan General de Ordenacion Urbana) and property legalisation system is now null which leaves 16,500 homes in legal limbo. Anything built since 1986 that does not […]
This article on the Olive Press. Well worth reading an sharing with others. Conned Brit pleads for property fraudsters to finally be jailed in Spain. British couple Neil and Caroline Riddoch’s Spanish plans quickly became a nightmare, after it turned out they had paid €92,000 to fraudsters for land in a nearby village. They had […]
The fund raising team organised a coach trip to the wolf park. We had an excellent guide Louise, who provided great information about wolf packs, their hierarchy and the family pack structure. Louise also expelled many of the myths that we all have about wolves. It was fantastic to see the wolves in 20,000m2 + […]
This article in La Opinion de Malaga; “La Junta da un nuevo paso para modificar la LOUA y atender las peticiones de SOHA.ES”. For the article in Spanish check this link. Google translation below, The Andalusian Parliament has just launch the record bill to amend the three artítulos LOUA and prevent further demolitions not regularized […]
Prosecutor withdraws petition to demolish five houses in Oria because of recent changes to Criminal Code. Full article in Spanish here. Remember, SOHA.ES members will receive the news via a newsletter as it happens. Your support is important. Join SOHA.ES here.
SOHA.ES made the plans available to the public at La Era Restaurant, Puente Don Manuel, on Thursday. 170 interested people made their way to view the plans, and get advice from the SOHA.ES Committee members who gave their time to help. This event seems to have provided a good opportunity for Alcaucin residents to find […]
As all town halls prepare their General Plans, Alcaucin has already have a proposed advanced plan ready. This eventually would happen in all town halls before the new General Plans get approval. SOHA.ES invites you to attend and see the advance plans at Restaurant La Era On October 1st. We shall be in attendance to […]
Another great event up in Zafarraya on Sunday (August 23rd). Despite a slight derailment on the outbound journey…..which only seemed to add to the excitement……. once again the train ride was a complete success and added another 220 Euros to the fighting fund. Thanks to all who attended, Paco and Jose Antonio who looked after our passengers so […]
AUAN is pleased with the modification of the LOUA… Gerardo Vazquez, spokesperson for AUAN stated ‘I sincerely believe that those affected by planning irregularities within the associations AUAN and SOHA.ES, and also CALU, will be pleased with the announcement of the change in the LOUA which the Governing Council of the Junta de Andalusia has […]
We had another fun day up in Zafarraya on Sunday July 19th… as always the train ride was a great success and everyone had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. A further 125 Euros was raised towards the fighting fund which is also good news. We have two more rides organised for the 9th […]
Big News Senate Add “No Demolition Without Compensation” to Civil Law The Priors and SOHA.ES attend the Senate Weds 24.06.2015 . Associations say, “Avoid more cases like this.” The Priors spoke about their case to Spanish Senators on Wednesday. Their building licence, which had been acquired in good faith, was canceled. They lived in their […]
Save Our Homes in Axarquia (SOHA.ES) hopes that as a result of recent legislative changes have supported the two major political groups in the Senate, so buyers in good faith to obtain certain privileges if they order the demolition of their homes, Junta de Andalucia also be sensitive to the reality of families who […]
Good morning all, Myself, Fernando, Kath Williams and Jose Manuel Ariza of Arenas attended the Senate yesterday on your behalf. As you can see from the attached press release we were successful,together with AUAN and AMA(from Cantabria)in persuading the ruling Partido Popular to accept the amendment to the law.The vote in favour was practically unanimous(one […]
Mario Blancke : ” We must have the PGOU before the ‘ Arcos ‘ case is concluded’ The Belgian Mayor of Alcaucín entered politics to defend the rights of the owners of illegal housing and to fight for their regularization AUGUSTINE PELÁEZ June 20, 2015 Mario Blancke was born in Belgium 57 years ago, but has lived in […]
Brought to you by John Munns Alcaucín invests Belgian Mayor Mario Blancke See the full article here. Election news At the local elections; Alcaucin elected 4 PP 3 Ciudadanos 3 PSOE 1 PA Mario Blancke with Ciudadanos and PSOE became Mayor La Viñuela elected 7 PSOE 2 PP Jauni continues as Mayor. Phil Smalley […]
Many thanks to Angela for this report Another great Quiz Night at Bar Atila in aid of the SOHA.ES Fighting Fund. 53 people attended and the evening commenced with a superb buffet prepared by Nicky followed by the Quiz presented by Kim. There were three joint winners who shared the Eur 60 prize and wine, […]
Alcaucín invests Belgian Mayor Mario Blancke On Saturday 13th June, in an ayuntamiento hall crammed to overflowing, with scores of people waiting in the corridor and stairs, Belgian Mario Blancke,was sworn in as Alcalde. He is one of the three Ciudadanos councillors elected for Alcaucín, who have formed a coalition with three PSOE councillors. These […]
All associations in the Spanish news; “Meeting of representatives of associations in the Senate” “Reunion de representantes de asociaciones mañana en el Senado” Mas informacion; El Diario aqui 20 Minutos aqui Teinteresa aqui Teleprensa aqui Europa Press aqui Finanzaz aqui
The SOHA.ES election rally was a successful as well as an enjoyable day for everyone who attended. A good number of members and friends of SOHA.ES were there to enjoy each other’s company as well as hearing Philip Smalley (La Viñuela) and Mario Blancke (Alcaucín) declaring their intentions to stand with C’s (Ciudadanos Party) […]
The Riogordo trip was very interesting. We were shown around the Museum; an Aladdin’s Cave of an oil mill, a grape treading floor, and a cereal mill, followed by short video presentation of the cereal mill, donkey powered, in action, and of the Verdiales musicians and the Riogordo actors re-enacting the mill workings. The new […]
Come and join us on Sunday May 17th at our election rally at Scirocco Music Bar, Venta Baja. There will be your candidates present for you to meet and talk to. Roast pork sandwiches as well as live music by Mentally Ska’d We look forward to welcoming you there.
Another good effort from our fundraising team as well as members and friends resulted in an enjoyable afternoon and over 143 Euros added to the SOHA.ES fighting fund. The Coffee & Plant sale at Meson Sara on May 2nd, was another successful event for all. We would like to thank all who came along and […]
PRESS RELEASE; ANOTHER STEP TO PROTECT PURCHASERS IN GOOD FAITH AUAN and SOHA.ES, the associations campaigning against planning abuses, have released information about an important new step taken by the Socialist Group in the Senate aimed at giving legal security to third party purchasers in good faith who invest in the Spanish property market. The […]
