Zurgena to approve town plan in March - but will the Junta accept it?

[Dionysus]

Anybody that believes the "guff" from the mayor, ultimately that they, the town hall and NOT the Junta, actually decides what number of houses can be included on the town plan, needs their bumps felt!
The Junta does have ultimate authority in this matter, if it did not, then why would the other town halls go through the lengthy process, of submitting their plans to the Junta for approval?
Do not be misled, as those who should know better, have been and continue to be misled; the true situation is easy to discover, with just a little investigation.

Another interesting statement was issued, regarding missing infrastructure, whereby the town hall would pay for any that was missing. This was interesting mostly for the fact that according to Jim Simpson's blog, the town hall has no money!
So quite how it's to be paid for is something of a mystery. Although, if you happen to be a regular reader of Jim Simpson's blog, the answer is contained therein, as it's claimed that in fact, it's not the town hall that will pay for it, but, the Deputacion de Almeria!
I'm left wondering what the truth actually is?

[Maura_Hillen]

AUAN Press release – 21st February 2011
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Zurgena council to approve its town plan in March
But will the regional government accept it?   

Around 100 British residents were invited to the old railway station in La Alfoquia last Wednesday for a meeting with the Mayor of Zurgena, Candido Trabalon to receive an update on the status of their homes.
 
Flanked by his legal team and British councillor Jim Simpson, Sr. Trabalon explained that Zurgena had been negotiating for years with the regional government regarding the number of houses that could be included on the town plan. The mayor declared "We won't negotiate anymore" and announced that Zurgena council would grant provisional approval to its entire town plan in March with the intention of submitting it to the regional government. He stated that if the regional government did not respond within 3 months the plan would be approved by "administrative silence".

As the meeting progressed it became clear that none of the court proceedings involving homes constructed in Zurgena since 2004 had been fully resolved. For Candido Trabalon "all licenses granted by the town council are legal". This view, he declared, was supported in a report written by a legal expert and professor at the University of Malaga.
 
The mayor estimated the number of houses affected by the court cases to be around 400. A view not shared by AUAN who agree with the judges' estimate of around 1,000 houses.
 
The meeting concluded with the mayor calling for the residents to be calm and not waste money on lawyers, stating that the town hall was paying for the defence of all the homes in the courts; that all houses were legal, would not be demolished and should any infrastructure be required, the town hall would pay for it.
 
AUAN representatives remain sceptical. "The Junta has the legal authority to give full and final approval to a town plan. It is unlikely that they will do so in these circumstances. The cynical amongst us will simply see this move as electioneering".
 
The mayor of Zurgena has accumulated a total of 12 open criminal proceedings, including those deriving from the operation known as Costurero which ended in 2007 with his arrest.

Sr Trabalon will face trial in the first of these proceedings next month together with the town planner, various councillors and members of the business community. This first case relates to the construction of 53 houses in the areas know as ' Barranco de Los Pinos' and' Cortijo Zurano". The mayor is accused of authorizing, through the concession of building licenses and plenary agreements, the construction of houses on land not zoned for building knowing that this was illegal.