Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2019 10:56pm
Hi Christine,
if you read the full documents by going on to the CRA website you'll see that all residents are part of a Poligono, (eg sector A10, or B05, C07, or D27), and once setup all properties are required to pay the charge. There are no exceptions, its like council tax in UK if you don't pay they will take action, (the ultimate worse case is they could take the villa! ). The difference here compared Council Tax is the money is directly used for the Poligono to improve and maintain. Basically you get to choose what is done in your sector (or groups of sectors). Because we all moved in to the urbanisation we've agreed to this like it or not, its how urbanisations work not just in Spain but in other countries as well. There is no doubt a lot of dodgy stuff has been done in the past. However, we must move forward and get the place fixed up after all we've had nearly 20 years of depreciation. The council finally is giving us some money, we have a rep in their camp and it looks like they are going to take responsibility for the public roads (roads which surround a sector) in Camposol. Private roads and other projects get maintained by the using poligono charge funds. Ultimately we will all benefit because as the place improves property values rise!
Stu