Santa Margarita is a
Gated community (known as an urbanization in Spanish) in the northern suburb of
La Línea de la Concepción
La Línea de la Concepción (, more often referred to as La Línea) is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
The city lies on the sandy isthmus which is part of the eastern flank of the Bay of Gibraltar, a ...
in the
Province of Cádiz, Andalucia, Spain. Santa Margarita is only partially developed in accordance with its development plan.
History
Santa Margarita is a luxury residential development a stone's throw away from Gibraltar on the outskirts of La Linea de La Concepcion. It has postcode 11315.
In July 2016 a
wildfire
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forced the evacuation of some of the properties in Santa Margarita.
In January 2017 La Linea Council had meetings with
Novarent, to investigate building another urbanization on 60
hectares
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of land called
Cortijo de San Antonio which is bordered on the south by the Venta Melchor urbanization in Santa Margarita, with the idea of calling it 'English City' to attract more British people to the area and provide an economic impulse which is much needed by the local community. The town hall has ambitious plans to generate a substantial number of jobs and ensure that the project delivers on this front.
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References
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