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The winning number for the 250 Euro CRA Xmas Hamper 2009 is :
Blue Ticket – Number 69
The hamper can be claimed by producing the winning ticket at :
The MAPRE Office Sector D during open hours.
or by :
Calling 671 188 808
Email : info@cracamposol.com
If the hamper is not claimed by 15th Jan 2010 there will be a re-draw so please retain your tickets.
Due to absence of committee members the meeting planned for the 14th Dec 2009 has been postponed until Monday 18th Jan 2010.
This article is from Typically Spanish
Trampolin Hills investors hold protest outside company offices in Murcia
They want the company owners imprisoned for fraud amounting to 60 million Euro
Some 100 or so of the hundreds of clients affected by the collapse of the Trampolin Hills golf resort in Campos del Río gathered at the site on Saturday in a protest to demand their money back and for those responsible to be sent to prison. The first of the more than 2,500 units planned at the resort were sold four years ago, but none were ever completed.
It’s affected clients in Spain, the UK and Ireland, amongst other countries, and it’s understood from La Opinión de Murcia that a group of those affected have made a formal request in writing to a court in Mula to ask that the two owners – Antonio Martínez and Rafael Aguilera – be imprisoned for fraud amounting to 60 million €. Joaquín Guzmán, a lawyer who represents many of the investors concerned, said he believes the two owners could attempt to flee Spain or to destroy evidence.
The company is now in administration, but sources at the Grupo Trampolín told the newspaper that they believe the project will still go ahead. They said a way will be sought to pay those who want their money back, but have proposed to some of the purchasers the idea of forming a cooperative to allow the urbanisation to be built. There was no indication of the response to their proposal.
Trampolín Hills was recently fined the amount of 350,000 € for failing to put in place a bank guarantee for their investors. Such a guarantee is required under Spanish law to cover refunds for unfinished properties.
This article is from the Leader
The councillor for Urbanism in Catral, Antonio Bellido, assured the press last Tuesday that he cannot understand the stand that the 1,300 owners of illegal homes in Catral have adopted. He says he has offered them the possibility of regularising their situation. However the neighbours are unwilling to accept this and led a protest last Wednesday to the Town Hall.
They do not want to have to pay for the high costs of building pavements, electric cabling, water pipes etc. The houses were originally built on non-urban land. They had no licenses, and the Town Hall has now offered to grant the licences for the houses, but the residents will have to meet certain conditions. As they are unwilling to do so, the situation has reaches stalemate. The home owners, who are mainly British, believe they paid for all these things in the first instance and are unwilling to pay again.
Catral Town Hall have explained that they have to carry out a technical study, and will have to charge each home owner 1% of the value of their home, to be able to carry this out. It is not a fine or a tax. Bellido went on to say that they are giving these home owners exceptional treatment, and those who fail to accept the conditions will have to face the consequences. He believes that they are not all against the Town hall’s proposal.
It is hard to understand how 1,300 houses could have been built in the middle of farmland seven years ago, and still not have been provided with basic services such as electricity and water. Almost all the waste water from these homes goes into the ground.
The Partido Popular Mayor of Catral, Aurelio Albero, spoke to the protesting home owners in the town on Wednesday, but told them, in a slightly angry tone, that the charges being made for services and infrastructure for the illegally built properties would not be reduced by a single Euro.
He appeared to be offended that the residents were calling the Town Hall corrupt, (according to one of the banners being waved in the air,) when they were doing their utmost to avoid the houses being pulled down. He said the town hall had chosen to help the residents humanely, rather than turning their back on the problems his government had inherited upon coming to power. He said the easiest solution for them would have been to let the houses be demolished.
Some 150 residents, many of them British, marched on the Catral Ayuntamiento under the banner ‘Victims of Town Planning Corruption’, contending that they find themselves as victims, having purchased their properties in good faith after being told that the builders had obtained all the correct licences. They blame both the local Town Hall and the regional Valencia Government as the developments continued after a 2002 report from Seprona, the environmental wing of the Guardia Civil.
The Mayor, Aurelio Albero, was joined at the doors of the Ayuntamiento by the Councillor for Town Planning, Antonio Bellido. The Mayor demanded an explanation from the protestors and contended that the Town Hall was also a victim from what had gone on as they had lost 80 million € in income.
The Mayor denied rumours that power and water supplies were to be cut to the properties, but insisted that all owners had to pay 1% of the value of the property ‘as do all citizens’. In addition, the illegal homes will have a septic tank and a 10% fine on the cost of that will be imposed, although that should be met by the promoters of the illegal properties.
Numbers for the weekly CRA Bonus Ball run by Bob & Val will be sold on the last Friday of each month at the sale day held in Kennellys. Any regulars still to pay for December can do so by seeing Joyce at the CRA cabin on Mon, Wed, Thur & Fri of this week between 12pm and 1pm.
The following tickets are still outstanding from the weekly Meat Draw. Numbers 42 & 92 on pink tickets, serial number AM5A EE4B. Prizes can be collected from the CRA Cabin during opening hours until 18th Dec 2009.
The draw for the 250 Euro CRA Xmas Hamper will take place between 12pm and 1pm on the 18th Dec 2009 in the MAPRE office.
Some two months ago the CRA took part in the filming of a documentary for Swiss Television. The programme was part of a series on Environmental Issues prior to the Copenhagen Summit. The subject of this documentary was the shortage of water in Spain and how developers were constructing golf courses and building houses ignoring water shortages and the impact on natural water courses.
Camposol was used within the documentary because of the problems with villas built on the rambla on Sector D.
The documentary is currently being shown all over the world on TV5 a Swiss French speaking channel.
For those without access to this channel the programme can be viewed on the link below :
http://www.tsr.ch/tsr/index.html?siteSect=370501&sid=11440436&cKey=1259789240000
(Unfortunately it is not possible to click on the link and go straight to the page so highlight link, copy and paste to internet bar)
The section or the programme showing Camposol can be found about three quarters of the way through the broadcast.
Confederacion Hidrografica Meeting December 1, 2009.
As a result of a number of various breaches of planning consents and regulations by Camposol developer Groupo Masa the Mazarron administration decided that rather than resorting to more drastic solutions the most sensible and practical answer would be to revise the Plan Parcel. One of the most serious and significant transgressions was the illegal construction of a large number of properties over an existing rambia on sector D before notifying or obtaining the required authorization from the Confederacion Hidrografica. As an intended alternative to performing the functions of the original rambla Masa decided themselves to install three pipes and when details of this action were finally submitted to the Confederacion Hidrografica it was rejected as unsuitable and furthermore for failing to follow the correct procedures the developer incurred an undisclosed fine. Subsequently. As instructed Masa did submit a revised scheme which it is believed to have followed the Confederacion Hidrografica suggestion of an open artificial rambla circumventing the south western boundary of sector D. However, apparently this amended design was also turned down by reason of both insufficient information and the absence of geological and environmental impact reports.
Originally it had been hoped that the signing off of the revised Plan Parcel could have been completed in 2008 but especially being aware of the problems associated with the Confederacion Hidrografica acceptance of Masa’s proposals for the new rambla the CRA requested an update from the Mayor at last month’s Town Hall meeting. In reply the Mayor stated that further progression of the artificial rambla situation was now dependent on the environmental impact report being obtained from Masa and led us to assume that this might be the final hurdle to overcome. (A copy of the relevant question and answer from the Mayor is printed below)
Due to the importance surrounding this matter the CRA decided that further clarification was needed and so a meeting was arranged for December 1st with Snr Francisco Lopez at the Confederacion Hidrografica offices in Murcia. Although Snr Lopez proved to be most responsive to the questions put to him, the answers he gave did not give much hope that a speedy solution would be found. Also revealed was that it was not only just a matter of Masa producing the environmental impact report but along with the geological report the revised design for the project was still outstanding. Snr Lopez was asked that if in the event that Masa do not comply with those requirements what would then happen and although he was not in a position to advise on any timescales he was able to confirm that a failure to respond will result in the issuing of a denuncia against the company and of course the final outcome of any such action will be to a large extent reliant on Masa’s financial position. Also it was emphasised by Snr Lopiz that the whole procedure connected with this matter must be carried out through Mazzaron council channels.
Bearing in mind that the construction of this alternative rambla has serious ongoing consequences, included that related to final acceptance of Camposol and the issuing of Escrituras, the CRA will therefore be looking to arrange an urgent meeting with the Mayor as early as possible in the new year.
4. Could we please have an update on the signing off of the revised Plan Parcial for B, C & D Sectors & have the Confederacion Hidrografica been in contact with the Council?
A : The Mayor stated that this was a major concern for him and the Council. When they came to power the previous administration had allowed much work to be undertaken by Masa different to the original Plan Parcial for Sectors B, C & D. This included a bridge in the wrong place, many polygonos with more or less houses than approved and a problem caused by the building of houses on the rambla on Sector D. They had decided with the help of Masa to produce a revised Plan Parcial and this was completed in late summer 2008 and sent to the Confederacion Hidrografica in Murcia for approval. Part of the plan to resolve the rambla problem was for an artificial rambla to be constructed around D Sector. The Council have been chasing the Confederacion for some months to get the plan signed off but in a meeting between the two in September of this year the Confederacion Hidrografica has now requested an environmental impact report from Masa in relation to the planned construction of the artificial rambla. Everyone is now awaiting this report before any headway can be made on this issue.
GG stated that this situation was causing major problems for the homeowners of Sectors B, C & D who now find themselves in a position of having no or incomplete escrituras and no Certificates of Habitacion. Without these documents it is virtually impossible to sell their houses and in some cases this has caused severe financial hardship.
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