The local government of Altea has rejected accusations of administrative inactivity and stressed that its actions “have been endorsed by the courts.” The developer had complained of “prolonged municipal passivity” since the resolution of the previous urban program in 2017, as well as the non-compliance with plenary agreements and the lack of impetus to reactivate the sector, a situation that, according to Residencial Finca Pons, “has caused economic damage to the owners and an urban blockade.”
Furthermore, the company requested “the suspension of the Altea Structural General Plan” and proposed “the processing of an Isolated Action Program” as an alternative. The Town Council, for its part, recalled that the company's claims “have already been analyzed in court,” citing Sentence No. 339/2025 from the Contentious-Administrative Court No. 2 of Alicante, which “dismissed the appeal filed by Residencial Finca Pons against the municipal resolution of November 11, 2024.”
The judicial ruling is conclusive in declaring the municipal action in accordance with the Law and in establishing that the company has no right to build in the sector until the urbanization process is completed and an urban planning program is in force. That is, planning alone does not enable construction.
The council has affirmed that the judicial resolution “expressly endorses the Town Council's decision to reject the license application submitted by the company, strengthening the municipal position in this conflict.” Regarding the sector's situation, the previous urban program “was resolved by plenary agreement on June 22, 2017, which necessitated a new program.” The Town Council assures that this process “is currently underway through an urban interest group in the sector,” to which the complaining company “has not adhered.”
The Compromís-PSOE bipartisan government has insisted that the priority “is to guarantee orderly, safe, and opportunity-generating growth,” and has questioned the legal viability of the developer's proposal to process an Isolated Action Program. Municipal sources have revealed that the lands of Porto Senso “are owned by the Rover group except for a plot recently acquired by Residencial Finca Pons.”
The tension also extends to the Structural General Plan, whose final approval is still pending and for which the complaining company has requested its suspension. The Town Council defends that planning cannot be conditioned by unilateral interpretations or scenarios not judicially validated, warning of the risk of generating legal uncertainty. The council reaffirms its commitment to the urban development of Altea, but stresses that this “must occur under criteria of legality, responsibility, and respect for judicial resolutions.”
