Without an announced regulation of unscheduled construction, the latter was presented yesterday city ​​building package and environmental amendments of the current government. Among them is indicated that it is not valid in the areas of Paleo Psychiko, Philothea and Ekali its square and height bonus new building rules (NOK), the state relinquishes ownership of the former Saronic and Lavreotiki woodlands, and permission is given to an unknown recipient to build a church and monastery in the unplanned countryside of Attica.

More specific:

• The areas of Palaio Psychiko (not Neo Psychiko), Filothei and Ekali are excluded from the application of NOK bonuses. However, it is clarified that in all cases where a building permit has been issued, it will be issued in the usual manner. Three (then) communities were exempted from the height increase in Attica during the dictatorship (1968).

• As a derogation from the law, the construction of a temple, a monastery, a skete and other related buildings is permitted in the unplanned area of ​​Attica, where only agricultural and livestock activities and residence are permitted.

Deviations include not only use, but also building conditions (for example, height up to 11 meters, three floors, etc.). It is interesting, however, that the already densely built-up East Attica can still be considered a suitable place for monasticism.

Regulations with a Mykonos flavor for urban violations and blocking unplanned development.

• In the areas of Lavreotica and Saronic, which are marked as public forests on forest maps but deforested (but today they are largely built up), the state is relinquishing ownership. This is the second consecutive decision in the region (previous under No. 4772/21) to address the issue that arose a decade ago, when land registration began (opening up a problem that had been hidden “under the carpet” for decades, which leads to the creation of completions).

Castle and bulldozer

The Ministry of the Environment reverted to a regulation that it established only ten days ago (Law 5037/23) and which concerned the control of urban planning at mixed levels. The regulation provides for the procedure for calculating fines for what was recorded during the opening of mixed levels, and determines the procedure for publicity (including posting the address of the property with a fine on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) until the finalization of the fine. According to him, when a fine is awarded (by the Central Council for Urban Planning and Disputes), the unauthorized person will have to be demolished in a month and a half, and the license will be suspended if it is a business. However, the offender is given the opportunity to show remorse, because if he voluntarily demolishes, he will be able to pay only 20% of the fine for construction and maintenance. It is also clarified that the cost of restoring the territory (and demolition, if he does not carry it out himself) is borne by the owner. Also of interest is a provision that provides for a fine of 6,000 to 10,000 euros for technical companies that refuse to comply demolition.

All of these measures appear to be clearly photographing Mykonos in an attempt to prevent the re-opening of businesses that were inspected a week ago and found with massive urban planning violations (which include some of the island’s most famous stores). For regulation to be effective, any appeal must be dealt with immediately (or, if it is not, there must be no license to operate until such time as it is carried out), and evidence of remediation must be monitored.

Otherwise, despite the noble efforts of the TEE (which held a press conference the day before yesterday on this issue) and the corresponding recommendation of the Ministry of the Environment (which chooses, as in all important issues over the past 3 years, to “hide”), the government decided not to continue the election regulation of off-plan development. In previous days, several bodies opposed the adoption of such an amendment in their letters to the Prime Minister.