The developer Residencial Finca Pons SL, owner of land in this sector for housing construction, made public accusations against the City Council. These included a "prolonged administrative inactivity, non-compliance with adopted plenary agreements, and the omission of indispensable actions to effectively comply with the urban development of the area."
In response, the Altea City Council has defended its actions, based on a judicial ruling from the Contentious-Administrative Court number 2 of Alicante, issued in September 2025. This ruling dismisses the appeal filed by the developer against the municipal resolution of November 11, 2024, which denied the urban license for a residential complex of 20 homes.
The ruling declares the council's actions to be in accordance with the law and concludes that the company cannot build until the sector's urbanization is completed and the required urban planning is in place. The plenary session resolved the urban program in 2017 without completing the works, which are 80% finished. Currently, a new program is being processed with the Urban Interest Grouping, which brings together most of the landowners and does not include the plaintiff company.
The claims made by said company have already been examined in court and have not been upheld by the tribunals.
From the City Council, they add that the ruling, to which Plaza had access, establishes that the mere existence of planning instruments is not sufficient to grant an immediate right to build, but that the completion of urbanization is necessary. They also reject the developer's proposal to continue with an Isolated Action Program, stating that it "maintains an interpretation of the facts and the sector that does not coincide with the legally declared reality."
The council concludes that "Altea wants investment, wants activity, and wants a future. But it wants it with legality, with legal certainty, and with respect for the rules that guarantee serious, stable, and fair urban development for all."
