Ronda - Green Light for Golf

Ronda town hall has given its approval of the scheme and once the necessary paperwork has been completed the developers should have the licence to start work as of January. The project allows for the construction of two golf courses of 18-holes, 785 luxury homes and three five-star hotels. To date the development has also been approved by the regional government but it is conceivable that could be reversed. The controversial golf-residential-tourism scheme was officially published in the Provincial bulletin (BOP) on November 18, which opened a period of one month in which objections could be lodged.

It would be surprising indeed if those who have protested against the project so far should now fall silent. This is especially so as the main objection to the golf course urbanisation is that it will deplete the water aquifers on which the people of Cuevas del Becerro and the local farmers depend. The ecologist group Silvema has already stated that it will be lodging objections.

Nonetheless the mayor of Ronda, Antonio Marín, has stated that the project was of great importance to the town as it would create almost 1,000 jobs. In addition he claimed it would be “impossible” to block a project that was now included in the local development plan.