The Regional High Court has struck down the motion that was approved in the city of Granada’s Plenary meeting in June, 2024 concerning tourist flats.

The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía upheld the administrative appeal filed by the association Avitar, annulling the agreement for “not being in accordance with the law.” 

In response, the Councillor for Urban Planning, Enrique Catalina, has already announced that the City Council will file an appeal with the Supreme Court of the Land (TSJ), believing the High Court will eventually side with the City Council.

So, what’s this all about? Well, in that Plenary Meeting, there was all-party backing to limit the proliferation of tourist flats. The Association of Tourist-Rental Dwellings, on the other hand, argued that, the Avitar association denounced the Council’s “double standards,” arguing that it restricted private tourist apartments while facilitating the conversion of residential buildings into hotels. 

The Regional High Court rejected the method used by Granada to implement the bylaw, stating that the Urban Development Plan (PGOU) contains no regulation on tourist housing, “Much less its restrictions or limitations,” and attempting to establish such rules is unlawful.

The judges considered that the wording of the bylaw was “ambiguous” and attempted to subject tourist dwellings to the same licensing controls as commercial and industrial establishments; i.e., hotels, where in the court’s opinion, the City Council is not interpreting the law but rather innovating it.

Editorial comment: tourist flats are destroying normal accommodation markets, making it virtually impossible for young people to find affordable rentals in the cities where they were born or moved to for work.

(News: City & Metropolitan Area, Granada, Andalucia)

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