Girona City Council initially approves a specific modification of the General Plan to regulate and limit the implementation of tourist accommodation and home-sharing

On 14 November 2022, Girona City Council’s Plenary initially approved the proposed “Specific modification of the General Plan for the regulation of tourist accommodation”, which will be subject to public information until 19 December, during which time allegations may be submitted. This proposed modification of the General Plan aims to regulate and limit the implementation…

The Supreme Court considers it illegal to prohibit the establishment of housing for tourist use in certain areas of the Canary Islands because it violates the principles of necessity and proportionality established in the Market Unity Guarantee Act, as well as the Services Directive and the Law on free access to service activities and the exercise thereof.

In the judgment of 12 December 2018 (Ar. RJ\2018\5689), the High Court analyses whether the regulation of housing for tourist use in the Canary Islands is sufficiently justified and, more specifically, the restriction of uses contained in Article 3.2 of Decree no. 113/2015, of 22 May 2015, enacting the Canary Islands Holiday Rental Property Regulations…