The owners of the Playa Blanca Partial Plan, whose urbanization project was annulled by the Contentious-Administrative Court No. 1 of Las Palmas, thus attending to the appeal presented by the César Manrique Foundation, have jumped into the fray to issue a press release in which they blame the Cabildo for the situation and demand that it "immediately promote the necessary legal measures to definitively restore legal certainty to the 450 residents and developers of the Partial Plan".
Although it was the Justice who annulled the urbanization project of the Plan, in addition to the licenses of several housing developments, the Urban Conservation Entity of the Playa Blanca Partial Plan blames the Cabildo for the situation, accusing it of having undertaken an "inexplicable set of discriminatory and arbitrary actions" that "have caused significant damage to 450 home buyers and businessmen who have acted correctly." In fact, it puts the residents who acquired homes in the area and the businessmen who sold them on the same level, assuring that neither knew "the existence of any procedure in relation to these licenses," despite the fact that both the Cabildo and the César Manrique Foundation had undertaken legal actions.
In addition, the Urban Entity warns that if the Cabildo does not withdraw the procedures that remain open, "it could cause more serious economic consequences." In this sense, it warns that they will take legal action against the Government of the Canary Islands, the Yaiza City Council, and the Lanzarote Cabildo, from whom they are already anticipating claiming compensation worth around 200 million euros, according to the "first estimate" they have made.
"All investments, both in the acquisition of the plots of the Playa Blanca Partial Plan and in their subsequent construction and urban development, were made in accordance with licenses authorized by the Yaiza City Council," say the landowners, going back to the stage in which José Francisco Reyes governed in the south and granted urban licenses, hiding them from the island Cabildo, which later appealed them in the Courts.
In addition, the owners add that "the Government of the Canary Islands considered that the Plan was not affected by the declassifications of the Guidelines, so if the licenses are not correct, the Administrations will be responsible for regularizing them, and if it is not possible, they must compensate the developers and buyers."