The Provincial Coastal Service has begun to demolish two historic restaurants on the beachfront of Babilonia Beach in Guardamar del Segura because they do not have a concession to occupy public land in the maritime-terrestrial domain.
Demolitions have begun at the Miramar and Jaime Playa beach bars on Avenida Ingeniero Cordorniú, affecting approximately 60 residences in the vicinity. However, starting September 15th, the Ministry for Ecological Transition (MITECO) will do the same for the remaining buildings on Guardamar’s northern coastline.
Mayor José Luis Sáez acknowledged that the Miramar building’s ground and ground floors were boarded up a few weeks ago for safety reasons. It shares a wall with the Jaime Playa restaurant, which is also being demolished and closed recently after 30 years in business.
The removal of 60 ground-floor apartments along the seaside will accompany the demolition of these restaurants. These flats are also built on public land, and their owners have a state-owned administrative concession issued in 1934 for the ground on which they are constructed.
However, the 1988 Coastal Law states that this concession cannot last for more than 30 years, hence it terminated in 2018.
The concerned homeowners have utilised all of their means to prevent the demolition of their homes, including the formation of an association that has been fighting for several years and is now seeking protection for these century-old dwellings as a Site of Cultural Interest (SCI).
The application claims that this group of houses fits the conditions outlined “in the new Valencian law on the protection of historic centres and the new state law that is about to be issued.” “There is an interesting study on the origin of the houses of Babylon,” the association stated.
Author: Derek Appleton
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