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Spain's Coastal Law to affect more villas

An area of coastline near Javea, Spain, is to be nationalised. 15km of private land will be made public as part of Spain's Ley de Costas (Coastal Law).

Owners of approximately 1,000 villas in Spain could be affected by the move, according to Spanish Property Insight. The Ley de Costas nationalised the entire Spanish coastline in 1988 and all land within the boundary is deemed public property.

The government decides where the boundary between public and private land lies. Although the law was introduced over 20 years ago, the boundary is still being defined. Officials have now ruled that the area of coastline around Javea falls within the area of public land.

Approximately 1,000 properties lie within the affected area between Cala Blanca and Granadella. Up to 100 of these now face some degree of demolition. Javea's mayor claims the new boundary is illegal and an infringement of property rights.

Defending its decision, the Coastal Department says that the new boundary will bring order to the planning chaos along the coast. Officials argue that the move is necessary to prevent new property developments along the coast, where cliffs are beginning to collapse.

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