Marbella Urban Plan

In a drive to encourage the upgrading of properties and improve energy efficiency and better use of resources, the government has approved a new law that entered into effect on June 16th and provides funded incentives. The move comes in the wave of an urgent drive by the European Union to commit to more energy-efficient housing and sustainable sources across the continent, and it provides homeowners and...

Finally, there is some progress with Marbella’s town planning applications. The Partido Popular (PP) councillors, with support from its OSP-San Pedro partners, voted at the end of September to approve the use of the 1986 PGOU with some adaptations, including the correction of 12 mistakes that were spotted in the period since April 2017. The 1986 plan now needs to be legalised and put into operation...

As many are aware, Marbella has been facing some issues over its urban planning. The Urban Plan of 2010 was cancelled 17 months ago, leaving a void that has frustrated developers. Happily, it seems that this is about to be resolved, and as Spanish newspaper Diario Sur reported, Marbella’s municipal government has published a roadmap as a way out of this “urbanisation jam.” The revised text of the...