Overview
- The Carboneras municipal plenary postponed the vote to annul the 2003 building licence, a decision taken by several PSOE and non‑affiliated councillors who demanded more reports on possible claims from the developer.
- The national environment ministry (Miteco) has asked the TSJA to require the town hall to send the plenary minutes within 48 hours and to hold a new session and decide the licence review within 72 hours, warning of coercive court measures if the town fails to act.
- Miteco asked the court to authorise execution subsidiaria, a legal tool that would let the regional government or state carry out the annulment and related steps if Carboneras refuses, and to impose fines under article 112 of the contentious‑administrative law.
- The PSOE federal executive has provisionally suspended five local councillors for defying party instructions, while the Junta of Andalucía said it will seek subsidiary execution to bypass municipal blockage and push the demolition forward.
- The contested 21‑storey, 411‑room hotel sits on protected land in the Cabo de Gata‑Níjar Natural Park, was stopped by a judge in 2006 and declared illegal by courts in 2021, and the stalled enforcement raises fiscal risk for Carboneras and keeps the site a focus of environmental and political dispute.