“The issue that has arisen after the publication of the new Presidential Decree of the country’s settlements“, Asked by a timely question addressed to the Minister of Environment and Energy, the Cyclades MP of New Democracy Philip Fortas.

The new framework for the demarcation of the settlements, which is shaped by the PD published on 15.04.2025 (D ‘194), comes to regulate a single country as a whole, how the settlements are demarcated, and it is obvious that it is a commendable effort in which it is attempted to enter the way in which it is attempted by the way in which it is attempted, Decisions of the Council of State, the New Democracy MP said.

He notes, however, that ‘These arrangements have significant negative consequences for thousands of citizens/property owners especially on the Cyclades islands. This is because with the planning reflected in the controversial PD, part of today’s settlements, it is now out of the settlement, and therefore overthrows its integrity and buildability.“

With the aforementioned PD, citizens who had purchased real estate sales, which were considered well and buildable (and are beyond the B1 zone B1 of the new PD, but within the boundaries of today’s settlements), are now faced with the possibility of non -constituents, A local urban plan or a special planning plan or a stand -alone Presidential Decree, Mr Fortomas notes and calls on the responsible Minister to respond to what he intends to do so as not to convert into parcels of zero value to the immovable property of the citizens who have been obtained as well.