“Brake” on a significant portion of construction interventions at the White Coast hotel complex in Milo has been put on hold by the Court of Appeal, with an interim decision that suspends a large part of the projects.
The decision concerns the second extension of the building permit (7 August 2024) for the complex at Mytakas beach, Milos, and specifically includes the suspension of construction projects such as the 127 individual swimming pools, as well as the communal swimming pool.
In contrast, the high court is allowing improvement and repair work to continue on existing buildings, as well as the progress of work on three new buildings already underway.
The “freeze” on the work will remain in effect until a final decision on the main cancellation application, which is set to be heard on 6 May 2026.
Specifically, the State Counsel partially overturned the challenged building permit to the extent provided: 1) the construction of 11 new buildings; 2) the construction of a new communal swimming pool on the site of the catering establishment (restaurant); 3) the construction of private swimming pools (swimming pools) in 13 buildings, which are planned to be adjacent to the rooms (127 individual swimming pools); and 4) the construction of shallow water surfaces for water desalination.
Instead, allowed: 1) the continuation and completion of works for the construction of 3 buildings and the outpost, as the load-bearing structure of these buildings has been completed to between 90 and 100%; 2) the construction of a new biological treatment plant (wastewater treatment facility) which is a basic environmental infrastructure; 3) the execution of works on the hotel already in operation; 4) the execution of landscaping works on the surrounding area and the main entrance, as the excavation has been completed to 90% and the consequences for the natural environment of the area have already occurred; k
The applicants seek the annulment of the decisions and building permits for the construction of the hotel as unconstitutional and contrary to environmental legislation.
They argue, among other things, that the relevant permits are contrary to Article 24 of the Constitution on the protection of the environment, because there is no overall special spatial planning for Milos, nor a general spatial plan for the islands of the South Aegean, as required by the Constitution and the case law of the CoE.
