Proposal to protect homes in Galicia's traditional coastal settlements

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1. The bill would amend the 1988 Coastal Law so that people who own land or buildings in the maritime-terrestrial zone, previously declared private property by a final court ruling, registered as such, or backed by public administrative acts, could request a 30-year concession, renewable for another 30 years, with no fee. If the State takes back those assets, it would have to take on existing mortgages and charges, or hand over a similar asset in the same municipality or pay compensation at market price within a two-kilometer radius.
2. In Galicia, on land that was urban when the Coastal Law came into force, new uses and buildings could be authorized under current planning rules, under conditions. Land would count as urban if it was classified as such, if it met all the requirements to be classified (road access, water supply, drainage, electricity, and buildings covering two thirds of its area), and traditional rural settlements, whether formally declared or not.
3. The bill would expand which works count as repair and improvement for buildings in the protection easement zone: conservation, consolidation, restoration, interior remodeling and recovery, without changing the building's volume or original configuration. Works to restore buildings destroyed by natural disasters or proven force majeure would also be included.
4. Urban settlements consolidated before the law came into force and created under public administrative acts could be excluded from the maritime-terrestrial public domain by administrative decision, with a prior report from the affected city council or regional government, without the declassification process in Articles 17, 18 and 19 of the Law.

Who it affects

• Owners of homes and land on the Galician coast affected by Coastal Law boundary determinations.: They could request an occupation concession with no fee and, if the State takes back the asset, require it to assume mortgages or give them another asset or compensation.
• Residents of traditional rural settlements on the Galician coast.: Their settlements could be treated as urban land, allowing new uses and buildings.
• Owners of legal buildings within the protection easement zone.: They could carry out more types of repair and improvement works, and rebuild after disasters.
• City councils and the Xunta de Galicia (Galicia's regional government).: They would issue a prior report to exclude consolidated urban settlements from the public domain.

Words worth knowing

Dominio público marítimo-terrestre

The maritime-terrestrial public domain: the coastal zone (beaches, shores and sea) that is for public use and belongs to the State.

Deslinde

Boundary determination: the process by which the Administration marks the exact limits of the public coastal zone.

Servidumbre de protección

Protection easement: a strip of land next to the public coastal zone where only certain limited works and uses are allowed.

Concesión

Concession: authorization to use a public asset for a set period of time, without owning it.

Canon

Fee: a periodic payment made for using a public asset.

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