Back in November of last year, the regional government (the Junta de Andalucia) declared a moratorium on all new building projects within 500 metres of the coastline. This measure was applauded by organisations such as Greenpeace, concerned with over-development of the coast.

This moratorium forced Nerja council to put ambitious plans to develop El Playazo beach to the west of Nerja on hold. El Playazo is currently largely undeveloped, with just a dirt track and a few beach restaurants, plus one hotel at the end of the beach. The council want to increase the size of the beach, increasing its depth by 70 metres along most of its length of 1100 metres. This would create an extra 70,000 square metres of beach area.

In a tourism meeting held yesterday with opposition councilors and local businessmen the councillor for Tourism Bernardo Pozuelo has now said that the council is Read the rest of this entry »