The future coastal law of the Valencian Community "will be protective of the natural values of the natural heritage, but will also be sensitive to the historical and economic reality of our land." That is the spirit with which the Valencian government has launched a working group that will draft the preliminary draft of the future autonomous Coastal law.
This was announced after today's plenary session by Councilor Salomé Pradas, who has also committed to "defending the neighbors affected by the demarcations" that in Dénia and other towns could mean the loss of their homes located on the coast.
"We consider that the Government of Spain is exercising unfair and arbitrary excesses and from the Consell we are going to defend the owners and we will try to protect the effects of the demarcations through the future Coastal Law," said Pradas, whether for the administrative or judicial means.
The objectives that the Consell pursues with the new regional regulations are, on the one hand, to simplify the processing of authorizations for administrative concessions, hospitality, sports competitions and beach plans of the town councils, in addition to reviewing the PATIVEL (Territorial Action Plan of the Green Infrastructure of the Coast), this point that will undoubtedly be controversial.
Pradas has highlighted that the current government does not share the principles that govern this norm, which it intends to replace with a regulation of natural spaces that makes the protection of the natural environment "compatible" with economic development.
Another objective of the future Coastal Law will be to "identify the urban centers and historic towns present for centuries" and grant them protection as intangible cultural assets. He assures that while the current Government of Spain wants to "tear down these traditional towns, we want to value them and safeguard them."
Given the possibility that the new regulation comes into conflict with the state Les de Costas, the councilor recalled that other communities already have their own regulations, and that if in any specific article the central government considers that its powers are invaded, it will be negotiated with the best will to reach agreements.
Pradas recalled that the Constitutional Court recently stated that communities that, like the Valencian one, are competent for territorial planning, are also competent for coastal planning.
