{"id":27986,"date":"2021-12-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/?p=27986"},"modified":"2021-12-13T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T07:00:00","slug":"urban-planning-rules-in-andalucia-lista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/stedenbouwkundige-regels-in-andalusie-lista\/","title":{"rendered":"New urban planning rules in Andalusia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 25 November 2021, the parliament of the autonomous region of Andalusia approved the \"<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.juntadeandalucia.es\/export\/drupaljda\/proyecto_lista.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ley de Impulso para la Sostenibilidad del Territorio en Andaluc\u00eda<\/a><\/em>\" (hereinafter: LISTA) adopted. The LISTA consists of a set of new urban planning rules in Andalusia. In this entry, you will find more information on its concrete impact for owners of second homes in the Spanish interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Illegal housing: AFO procedures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some 300,000 illegal houses in Andalusia. Often these buildings are located in Spain's interior, in rustic zones. These properties are coveted by second-home buyers. After all, you buy a spacious house on a large plot of land for a usually reasonable price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To regularise these properties, the AFO regulations came into being. Through an AFO procedure, an owner can regularise his property subject to respecting strict conditions. But after a successful AFO procedure, you may still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/rural-area\/\">no expansion or improvement works<\/a> perform. For example, you will not get a permit for a swimming pool or an additional outbuilding. In addition, the turnaround time of an AF0 procedure can quickly reach 6 months. The costs are not small either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/buy-property-in-almeria\/\"><strong>Read more about an AFO procedure.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impact of new urban planning rules in Andalusia<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The new regulations - and the law has yet to be fleshed out - would simplify the AFO procedure for single-family houses in rustic areas. These buildings would also be allowed to be renovated to a limited extent. However, Junta still needs to flesh out the LISTA. We should expect these actions only during 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decision: don't crow victory too soon<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Still be careful when an AFO lawsuit comes up. There might be improvement in the future, but currently we read mostly speculation. In practice, an AFO procedure can take a very long time and we find that sellers do not effectively initiate a procedure until they have found a prospective buyer. So be well informed about the concrete state of affairs.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New town planning rules are coming to Andalusia. Betterment for owners of illegal houses struggling with AFO procedure?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,138],"tags":[13,14,514,663,517,664,375],"class_list":["post-27986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kopen-andalusie","category-aankoop-in-spanje","tag-aankoopbegeleiding","tag-aankopen-in-spanje","tag-afo","tag-illegale-woning","tag-kopen-in-almeria","tag-kopen-in-andalusie-2","tag-veilig-kopen-in-spanje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.confianz.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}