Protest march in Cantoria

    Residents of Cantoria are organising a protest march at midday on September 18^th in their town to highlight the situation many in the area find themselves in due to planning irregularities which have gone unchecked in the past. With demolition orders having been issued on four properties in Las Terreras in the municipality and another 19 homes in the El Fas area facing the threat of demolition feelings are running high in the town. The owners are taking all the legal measures available to them but there is little optimism as to the possible outcome. The owners of the houses in Las Terreras are waiting for a decision from the provincial high court on whether the process against their properties should continue with no mention of compensation being made by any official involved in the matter. Those involved in the El Fas case still don't know what the fate of their homes will be but at least the judge in their case has admitted their right to some form of compensation from the promoters who have been charged as alleged perpetrators of planning abuse.

    All this comes at a time when the Priors, whose house in Vera was demolished in January, are waiting for their case to go before the Constitutional Tribunal after the application for it to be heard there was admitted and the European commission announces its decision to take Spain to the European court of justice for the 'land grab' law in Valencia which allows developers to expropriate rural land from owners.