Laws and site regulations

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Regulations applied to fences

Cartagena General Urban Development Plan. Article 2.5.15
"The enclosures or fences of rustic estate will be suited to this purpose, no higher than 2.3m. (7'5") on each part of the terrain, and they will be see-through, preferably made from indigenous materials, such as vegetation, wood, lattice, mesh or metal grid, appropriate for its environment, they may have a masonry foundation at their the base, no higher than 0.4cm. (1/8")."

Regulations applied to buildings

Law 12/2013, of December 20th, from the Tourism Board of Murcia
"For the purpose of this law, the definition of a campsite is the appropriately delimited area of land, equipped and prepared for the temporary stay of guests who wish to partake in the outdoor lifestyle, with the intention of a holiday or break and who for such a purpose make use of tents, caravans, motorhomes, and similar means which can be easily moved without the use of special equipment, as well as those specified under article 30."

Law 12/2013, of December 20th, from the Tourism Board of Murcia. Article 30.
"Permanent accommodation facilities.
According to what was established by the urbanistic planning it is allowed to place, in appropriately arranged areas, the following permanent accomodation facilities, in the determined percentages so as not to detract from the properties which define a campsite:

  1. Prefabricated accomodations which require special means of transport.
  2. The bungalow or apartment type of building.
  3. Those facilities dedicated to multiple room lodging."

Camping Caravaning La Manga internal administrative regulation, Article 5
"The co-owners or other occupants of the joint property shares are forbidden from:

  1. Fitting posters or any kind of advertisement in the joint property share of the Complex, without first obtaining permission from the Complex Management, nor using the premises for any kind of commercial or industrial purpose.
    Excempt of this prohibition are Caravanings Costa Cálida, Ltd, or any other entity of matching status, whilst all of the owers' joint property shares in the estate of the Complex have not been sold in their totality.
  2. Carrying out permanent or temporary building work on any of the plots, nor taking up more than 2/3 of each one of them, nor parking vehicles, statics, etc. at a distance of less than 0.5m. (19") from the hedge."

Non-compliant features

The following features are considered non-compliant:

  1. Prefabricated accomodation which cannot be transported through towing by a vehicle or by being loaded onto a lorry.
  2. Opaque, masonry fences, which hinder traffic or which aren't included in the previous points' regulation.
  3. Barbeques or other fire-related elements.
  4. A slabbed, tiled or concrete floor base, as well as any other kind of material which means a permanent fixture.
  5. Canopies or other features which provide permanent shade regardless of the material it's made from or the cover material.
  6. Prefabricated buildings or assemblies used for storage regardless of their type.
  7. Extensions to prefabricated buildings which don't comply with the requirements of the main building.
  8. Prefabricated accomodations which occupy over %70 of the parcela regardless of their type.
  9. Any kind of permanent building.