Santa Ana del Monte golf resort halted in Spain

July 19, 2008

The Santa Ana del Monte golf resort which Grupo San José is set to build in Jumilla has been temporarily halted, the town hall explained this week.

According to the local authority the delay has been caused because expropriated land has not been paid for by the board of compensation which is managed by Grupo San José chief, José Rodríguez Murcía.

Only the first 2,286 properties of the ‘plan parcial’ scheme were approved by the town hall in a full council meeting in 2006.

Most of the land – four million square metres – is owned by the company.

However they face a bill of nearly 4.5 million euros for another 200,000 square metres of land and other smaller plots which they do not own.

A council spokeswoman explained: “Once the land has been paid for, the remaining administrative procedures will be carried out.

“A deposit to guarantee the building works are finished will be made by the company and then the building licences will be issued.”

According to a licence issued by the town hall in April 2007 the company is only allowed to move earth and to build the foundations of 572 properties located in the RMD-4 area of the scheme.

The company is not allowed to build any property currently as no further licences have been issued.

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