Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Project for the park Sintra-Cascais without PIN


A megaprojecto tour with almost one thousand beds in the Natural Park of Sintra-Cascais (PNSC), between the beaches and Grand Adraga, was candidate for Potential National Interest (PIN) and withdrawn on 3, on the eve of lead from the Ministry of Environment. The sponsor of megaprojecto tour, the group Vila Galé, said it will deliver "soon" a request for licensing of business in the House of Sintra.

"The process is ready and will be delivered in the chamber that will query the various entities," said Jorge Rebelo de Almeida, manager of the hotel group Vila Galé and promoter of the project along with the family Antunes, the owner of 55 acres for the venture , 13 of them for construction.

Fatima Antunes, owner of the land since 1999, refused to capitulate negative opinion of the Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity (ICNB) to the project which formed the basis of lead from the Ministry of Environment to the application of the venture project PIN, which finally not be formalized because the nomination was withdrawn at the last minute. "There were no conditions to continue, but we intend to proceed with the venture," said Fatima Antunes.

The opinion of ICNB, the Ministry of Environment refuses to recognize a PIN project believes that "without environmental sustainability and territorial" and "incompatible with the natural values" that area.

The venture planned for the PNSC includes an apartment-hotel, 70 villas, swimming pools, restaurants, a conference center and a spa, to be built in an area of Natura and also protected under the Habitats Directive (birds) and the development plan of the park and plan of coastline (which prohibits construction along the coast).

Source of the Board of Sintra said that "the project is stopped" and that has yet another entry in services, recast for the area.

The history of this tourism project goes back to 70s, when an Englishman and a German began to buy land in the first small Pego, Necklaces, beside the sea, achieving added over the years on a single property over 50 acres. Antunes The family bought the land at the end of the 90s with the expectation of building a tourist venture, which was already envisaged in the Plan of Municipal Development (PDM).

In 2004, the construction of the venture led the formation of a civic movement to defend the PNSC - which now studying ways to curb the courts and community the progress that they consider to be a serious attack environment. Also, the promoter admits fight in court.

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