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Leroy Merlin warns the Municipality of Marcianise: he blocks the opening of the megastore

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Leroy Merlin warns the Municipality of Marcianise: he blocks the opening of the megastore

It is an open battle between Leroy Merlin and the Municipality of Marcianise, in the province of Caserta. The French giant has presented a warning to the Municipality, reserving every action aimed at obtaining compensation for damages, which could amount to several tens of millions. In fact, the company says it has been ready for years to invest in the area for the opening of a new megastore, but this “is prevented by the Municipal Administration through bureaucratic quibbles and defaults”. The Municipality does not reply officially. But the mayor says: “It is not a political decision but an administrative one.”

The stakes are high

According to the home improvement company, an overall planned investment of around 21 million is at stake, part of which is still to be invested. The megastore could produce a turnover of 35 million a year, also generated by local suppliers with evident economic repercussions in the related industries. And it would generate a financial flow (in local taxes) estimated at around 50 thousand euros a year. There are also 140 direct hirings, and others would be in the related industries.

History

Leroy Merlin, already present in Campania with three megastores, in 2018 decides to open a fourth in Marcianise inside the Interport. For this purpose he buys a building built (with the authorization of the municipality of Marciniase) by the company Antichi Splendori. When the works are nearing the end, however, the building permit is contested by the Prosecutor of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, for “alleged irregularities in the authorization process”. The disputes referred to what happened before the purchase by Leroy Merlin. Criminal proceedings are initiated and the building complex is subjected to preventive seizure.

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The proposed solution

To solve the problem of the seizure of the property and to be able to complete the works, Leroy Merlin proposes to the Prefectural Commissioner the reissue of the building permit. Without getting an answer. In January 2020 – according to the reconstruction provided by the French company – with the new administration and the inauguration of the new Mayor, Antonello Velardi, Leroy Merlin “urges the Municipality of Marcianise to find the request with which it requested the re-edition of the previous permission to build”. In April 2021 the Municipality of Marcianise rejected the application with a provision that Leroy Merlin challenged with an appeal to the Campania TAR. commercial) for the opening of a “Medium Sales Structure” store in line with the commercial vocation of the area.

“This unjustified and unjustified yet another inaction of the Administration and the persistent illegal disobedience to the irrevocable ruling of the Campania Tar by the Municipality of Marcianise – reads a company note – forced Leroy Merlin to present a new appeal to the Campania TAR for obtain compliance, also possibly by appointing an ad acta commissioner, with a consequent further postponement of the investment completion times “.

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