Uno de los problemas jurídicos que afecta a algunos propietarios de viviendas en suelo no urbanizable, es el que se ha originado en los últimos diez años con la nulidad de algunas licencias de obra que amparaban dichas edificaciones en suelo no urbanizable, nulidad que en la mayoría de los casos se ha producido en sede jurisdiccional a través del correspondiente procedimiento contencioso-administrativo.
Lo primero decir que la nulidad de una licencia de obra conllevaría siempre la demolición de lo construido al amparo de la misma en suelo no urbanizable de …

We have recently known, through our clients’ consultations, of the situation that most of the owners of La Axarquía area suffer, which comes from the lack of a License of First Occupation on their properties, particularly, regarding those problems with contract the supplies, such as the electricity supply for their first time or for its restoration, after being cut off by the electricity company (i.e. end of construction site temporary power).
 
The License of First Occupation is a certificate issued by the town hall that confirms that a newly-built property fully complies with …

La posibilidad de inscripción en el Registro de la Propiedad de aquellas construcciones que tienen más de cuatro años, aunque no tenga licencia de obra, viene dada por una norma de carácter estatal; el Real Decreto 1093/1997, de 7 de Julio, que en su artículo 52 establece dicha posibilidad, así como los requisitos para poder proceder a la inscripción, como son: 1) que no conste en el Registro la apertura de ningún expediente de disciplina urbanística contra dicha construcción, 2) que haya transcurrido el plazo legal para poder “atacar” en …

The possibility of registration in the Land Registry of constructions without building permits after four years of completion, is provided by a State regulation—Spanish Royal Decree Real Decreto 1093/1997 of 7th of July, Section 52 provides this possibility, as well as the following requirements for this registration: 1) proceedings of town planning discipline shall not appear in the Land Registry against the construction; 2) the time fixed by law shall have been elapsed in order to “tackle” this infraction through the administrative procedure and 3) certification of the year of …

Hace tres semanas recibimos en nuestro despacho copia del borrador denominado Proyecto de Decreto por el que se regula el régimen de las edificaciones y asentamientos existentes en suelo no urbanizable en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía de fecha 20 de Junio de 2011.
Se presupone que dicho borrador nace con la intención de regularizar o regular la situación de miles y miles de viviendas situadas en suelo no urbanizable en Andalucía, sobre las cuales ya no es posible ejercer ninguna acción de responsabilidad urbanística, ya sea en vía penal o …

Dentro de la complejidad urbanística que viven la mayoría de los municipios que conforman La Axarquía, unos mas que otros, los cambios en el gobierno municipal con motivo de las elecciones municipales de Mayo pueden suponer cambios en la forma de gestionar cada municipio y en las soluciones que estos nuevos gobiernos locales pueden ante la compleja ordenación urbanística en esta zona.
Debemos de tener en cuenta que actualmente muchos municipios están trabajando en la elaboración y aprobación de sus nuevos Planes Generales de Ordenación Urbana (PGOU) con el fin de …

Due to the urban complexity that most of the municipalities of La Axarquía are immersed because of the Spanish local elections held in May, the changes in the local governments could mean changes in the way of managing each municipality and in the solutions that such local governments could propose in view of the complex urban development in this area.
We have to take into account that, nowadays, most of the municipalities are working in the production and approval of their new General Plans for Urban Zoning (PGOU) to adapt them …

Lifetime Mortgage (reverse mortgage)
According to the report published by “Optima Mayores” Advisers, the demand of lifetime mortgages has increased to 17% (19,900 applications) until April in comparison to last year same four-month period.
This increase in the lifetime mortgage demand matches the senior citizens’ growing needs to obtain an income and the better knowledge of this product in Spain, where it was first launched in 2004. Spanish Senior citizens’ pensions are at 40% below the European average, what indicates their necessity to face their retirement financing with a peace of mind. …

In la Axarquía, as well as in many municipalities in Málaga and Andalucía, there are at present thousands of properties which are built on land not designated for construction. These properties have been built without any building permit whatsoever and no responsibility may be claimed as the criminal or administrative actions that would have applied, have lapsed. We refer to thousands of dwellings which will remain built for many years, and their use and enjoy will never change.
From a logical point of view, and why not mention it, from an …

Now that many municipalities in Málaga are approving their development plans in an attempt to regulate the urban chaos in relation to dwellings on undeveloped land, and to adapt those plans to the Law on Urban Planning of Andalusia (LOUA,) the obvious question is; what will happen to the irregular housing that cannot be legalized by the new urban plan adopted by each municipality?
A possible solution to these houses can be the designating them as homes “fuera de ordenación” (out of regulation), ie homes or buildings that do not satisfy …