Property in Cyprus

The Cyprus government is coming under further pressure at a political level to sort out the country’s long running real estate title deed saga.

As a direct result of complaints from people in his constituency in the south west of England, Ashley Fox, MEP for the South West of England and Gibraltar, has raised a number of questions concerning the Island’s planning and building regulations.

Technical advisors are calling for the Cyprus government to demolish illegally built properties that are unlikely to be approved under the new planning amnesty.

As part of its plan to sort out the decades long title deed and illegal building situation the government has set up a process where illegal developments can be regularised. But the Cyprus Scientific and Technical Chamber (ETEK), the statutory technical advisor to the state, wants a clear sign that illegal building will not be tolerated.