Overview

• The Environment Ministry dismissed Azata del Sol’s administrative appeal well before the three‑month limit, closing the administrative route and advancing the process.
• Officials grounded the move in a February 11 Council of Ministers declaration of public utility to recover the maritime‑terrestrial domain.
• The next step is fixing the justiprecio, with short statutory windows for an amicable deal or offers and, if needed, a Provincial Expropriation Jury decision.
• Experts note occupation of the affected land can precede price determination and consider a court‑ordered suspension unlikely, though legal challenges may follow.
• The expropriation targets roughly half of the 32,654 m² footprint within the coastal protection zone, as the central government pursues a partial demolition of about 40% while the Junta de Andalucía continues to favor annulling the municipal licence.