The stunning 50-story Ashton Asoke Condominium in Bangkok is embroiled in controversy. Chadchart Sittipunt, the governor of Bangkok, is under increasing pressure to step in after the Supreme Administrative Court recently canceled its vital building permission. This ruling intensifies the current legal dispute around the Watthana district-based 233 billion baht project.
Due to their prior ownership of units in the Ashton Asoke condominium, about 580 people’s futures are now in peril as a result of this decision. Regulational barriers are currently impeding their plans for new dwellings. There are 783 total apartments in the sizable development.
An activist at the forefront of the opposition to the condos, Srisuwan Janya, promised to ask Governor Chadchart to order a prompt investigation into the internal operations of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). Srisuwan, who serves as the head of the Stop Global Warming Association, joined local locals in raising objections to the Ashton Asoke project.
They want to investigate the BMA members who approved the now-void construction permit granted to the project’s developer, Ananda Development Plc. These BMA employees must answer for their responsibilities in approving the fraudulent permission, and they will be held accountable. The Anti-Corruption Commission will be petitioned by me and the other impacted parties to take action against Mr. Chadchart as well if he does not act promptly. “Thursday’s decision wasn’t ignored in the real estate industry.
Over 100 shopping mall projects and at least 13 residential endeavors are dogged by a foreboding specter. These initiatives would be comparable to Ashton Asoke’s land-use strategies and might be met with an equal number of legal obstacles.
This ruling served as the impetus for Srisuwan’s group and 15 inhabitants of the Sukhumvit 19 Yaek 2 settlement to file a lawsuit against the chief of the Watthana district office and four other district officers, who served as the project’s first permit overseers. Considering the passionate demands of the impacted citizens and observers, more BMA officials may come under criticism.
According to the Supreme Administrative Court’s decision, the permit was invalid since the Ashton Asoke project didn’t adhere to certain legal requirements. According to the building control regulations, which stipulates a minimum width of 12 meters linking to a roadway, the project lacked an appropriate entry. The project’s cooperation with the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) was an important contradictory element. They had illegally taken over a portion of MRTA’s property to use as the project’s entrance.Ananda Development Plc persisted notwithstanding the verdict.
In its official statement, the developer claimed that before building began, up to eight separate state agencies approved of the Ashton Asoke project. According to the Bangkok Post, these organizations gave clearance for the initiative, including the Ananda MF Asia Asoke Co., a joint venture that oversaw the Ashton Asoke project.
“When requesting the building permit, we followed all legal requirements.”
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