No More Private Golf Courses In Andalucia Spain

February 09, 2008

In future, planning permission will only be given for golf courses that are open to everyone and do not have associated property developments.

For several decades Andalucia has been Spain's golfing heartland, but in recent years Spanish developers have cottoned on to the fact that it's not just golfers who love properties on golf courses.
Many home buyers are attracted by the prospect of open, green views that will never be built on, and as demand for course-side properties has grown, so too have the number of purpose-built golf resorts with housing planned as part of the development.

In the heart of Andalucia's golf valley, things are still being done in the traditional way, with developers building individual, small-scale apartment builders and complexes beside existing courses. Reputable firms like Taylor Woodrow and Alanda (part of Ireland's McInerney Holdings plc) are among those building high-quality homes alongside equally high-quality golf courses.

However, away from the golfing heartland plans for massive Murcia-style golf resorts, where the developer builds both the course and thousands of homes alongside it, are causing massive controversy.

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