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Plan to legalise a Guardamar market is rejected by Generalitat

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The Guardamar Town Hall’s special plan to regulate Campo’s well-known Sunday market, which was started in 1993 on non-urbanizable land and includes a portion of the Natural Park of the Lagoons of Torrevieja and La Mata’s Natural Resources Management Plan, has received a negative opinion from the Generalitat.

The environmental assessment committee signed the resolution over a year and a half ago, but the General Directorate of Urban Planning of the Generalitat has only just mandated its public release.

The market’s owners and the Association of Vendors of Campo de Guardamar have both filed appeals, but the administrative judgement jeopardises the activity’s continued existence.

According to the study, the special plan is deemed unfeasible in light of the local characteristics and has a substantial environmental impact.

The Generalitat specifically raises concerns about the lack of clarity in the resolution of the activity’s impact on traffic congestion and the disregard for the rules of the Sectorial Plan for Commerce of the Community (Patsecova) and the Territorial Action Plan against the Risk of Flooding (Patricova). Despite being outside the Natural Park’s boundaries according to the special municipal plan, the technicians’ reports—particularly those of the protected area’s director of conservation—show that a portion of the ongoing activity does have an impact on the Natural Resources Management Plan strip. Because the actual activity that happens on the ground every Sunday is far larger than the municipal proposal that is displayed on the surface.

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The group of sellers, the landowner who oversees it, and sources from the City Council’s own governing team have explained that the precautionary measures taken by the court that decides whether the installation is legal are still in effect even though the allegations in the unfavourable report that was sent to those impacted in mid-2023 have not been addressed.

After an appeal, the court declared that it would not rule on the matter and that these precautionary measures would be maintained with authorisation to open until the regional administration determined whether the special plan would allow their legalisation, in response to a 2015 TSJCV ruling ordering the closure.

In 2021, the City Council presented a specific plan for “a private provision of a tourist street market with complementary public use” for sporting and cultural events. There are also public initiatives aimed at protecting the activity. Another municipal special plan was started in 2014, however it was archived in 2016 after suffering the same fate.

Three prior attempts to get a declaration of community interest, an urban planning tool that would have also permitted the activity to be legalised, were denied between 1993 and 2013. The facility’s closure would have a severe financial impact on dozens of families, according to those impacted. In the peak season, up to 600 companies open on Sundays, and in the winter, at least 450.

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About 27,000 square meters make up the market and the parking lot. It offers the typical market fare, which includes fresh produce, clothing, and fruits. In this instance, however, it is accompanied by a showcase of over 60 eateries featuring kitchens and terraces. In addition to finding a wide range of services like cable television, home furnishings, and even real estate, thousands of visitors wind down their Sunday mornings with lunch.

The same sellers have been using the permanent installations for decades; many of them utilise this location for their primary weekly sale because weekend markets are far more popular than conventional ones. In addition to purchasing supplies, users come here for leisure and entertainment.

José Cánovas, a businessman, notes that the Association of Vendors and the management are prepared to invest the required funds to carry out the special plan. They are also willing to give up the use of the land for public events and build a roundabout on CV-895 to give access to the Los Curros path, which is where the market is located.

The same source questions how the Administration could have permitted a development like El Raso, “with houses on the shore of the La Mata lagoon,” while refusing to permit the market. This is a reference to a contentious one-million-square-meter development that, following a protracted legal battle, one of the primary advocates of Vega Baja was able to remove from the Natural Park’s highest protected area.

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With thousands of tourist-residential homes that are primarily drawn by the views of the protected lagoon, the last stage of building is currently under way. Additionally, according to the same sources, commercial activity was in operation long before the Plan de Ordenación de Recursos Naturales was approved in 2010, and the regional administration rejected a specific request to remove it from that area.

Another sizable, private market is being hosted next to the N-332, across from the Santa Ana industrial complex, in addition to this Sunday market in Guardamar.


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Hospitality and recreation establishments in Elche receive 36 infringement reports from local police

The Elche Local Police conducted an operation that involved inspecting thirteen hospitality and leisure outlets in various neighbourhoods, resulting in one arrest and 36 violations. The data was made public on Friday, 28th March, mainly as a reminder of the work that is being done. Councilman Juan de Dios Navarro gave the police top for their efforts.

According to local police inspector José Antonio Corrales, the majority of the infractions included drug usage and possession, including four for cocaine possession and seven for hashish, as well as improper company documentation. Additionally, there were two reports for disturbing the peace or disrespecting law enforcement, four for not following the minimum hygienic standards for food storage, one serious infraction for conducting the activity after hours and behind closed doors, and seven for irregularities found on the property, including improper documentation.

Additionally, officers found six infractions for permitting smoking in unapproved indoor locations, three for type “B” slot machine identification guide deficiencies, and one major infraction for emergency escape and door flaws. Additionally, a report was made about the selling of illegal tobacco at a pub, where 20 packets were confiscated and one individual was detained on court order and imprisoned.


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Visitor to Catral cemetery locked inside

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As nightfall approached on one of these soggy spring days in March, a young man decided it would be a good idea to visit a cousin or acquaintance’s grave and take a walk through the cemetery. Because the cemetery still closes its (automatic) gates at six o’clock at this time of year, but without the winter gloom that may discourage anyone from going.

However, the door was locked when he attempted to exit. The visitor didn’t seem to want to spend any more time among the cemeteries, despite the cemetery’s reputation as a particularly tranquil spot. Unaware of the placard bearing the mobile phone number for anyone needing help, he dashed out the gate. It was all on camera.

Joaquín Lucas, the mayor of Catral, maintains that this occurrence is unrelated to the privatisation of the cemetery works and feels that management by an outside company is an efficient approach to provide this service in a municipal office. He went on to say that the young man who who was locked in is from the nearby municipality of Dolores rather than Catral.

The local police took to social media and atacked the man’s “reckless” behaviour. He has been named in connection with “criminal proceedings for a crime against another’s property.” Nonetheless, the business will be liable for any damages brought on by the damaged door anchors.

In addition to clarifying that the business employs two workers—a gravedigger and a labourer who maintains the communal areas and restrooms—the Councillor for Services, Daniel Escudero, reaffirmed that the automatic door is an option offered by the company itself.

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Five arrested in Alicante and Murcia for shoplifting

Five individuals involved in grocery theft have been taken into custody by the Guardia Civil. In the regions of Alicante and Murcia, the thieves were stealing in a number of locations for a well-known supermarket company. The things that were stolen are worth over 8,000 euros in total.

The investigation started after the retail chain representative filed a complaint. The pattern was consistent across all cases: three or four people went into the store, and one of them loaded up a cart with expensive things like canned goods, extra virgin olive oil, sausages, or alcoholic drinks. The last one hurried out of the grocery without paying, and another diverted the attention of the staff.

It was discovered that the same people were responsible for the crimes in multiple towns in Alicante and Murcia after examining the security footage from the impacted businesses. Since the suspects did not live in the residences where they were registered and lacked a stable address, it was very difficult to find them.

Shortly after committing another theft at a store in a suburban neighbourhood of Rojales (Alicante), officers caught two of the suspects off guard and took them into custody. Many of the stolen goods were found at that time and brought back to the impacted business.

The other three were later taken into custody in the cities of Almoradí (Alicante) and Guardamar del Segura. The majority of the pilfered items were sold on. Additionally, the two cars that were utilised in the crimes were taken.

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Eleven thefts have been resolved as a consequence of the investigation conducted by the Novelda Civil Guard’s investigation section. The cities of Novelda, Torrevieja, Almoradí, Catral, and Rojales in Alicante as well as the municipalities of San Javier, Jumilla, San Pedro del Pinatar, Cartagena, Archena, and Caravaca de la Cruz in Murcia were the sites of these crimes.


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