🏛️ 1. New Legislative Framework: Decree 88/2025 (March 26)
Abolishes the Provincial Territorial Planning Commissions (CTOTU), centralizing their functions in the provincial delegates of Development, while allowing up to a 4-year transition period for procedures initiated under the previous regulation.
Strengthens the Andalusian Council for Territorial Planning and Urbanism as the regional consultative body.
Defines responsibilities: provincial delegates are in charge of issuing preliminary reports, monitoring progress, and lifting partial or definitive suspensions.
The Department of Development (including the competent Directorates-General) assumes authorization of supra-municipal planning instruments.
Goes into effect April 2, 2025, following its publication in BOJA.
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📄 2. Regulatory Continuity: LISTA (Law 7/2021) and Regulation
The Andalusian Territorial Sustainability Promotion Law (LISTA) defines the new framework for urban and territorial planning at regional, subregional, general, and partial levels.
Its regulation (Decree 550/2022) clearly incorporates sustainability criteria and the 2030 Agenda into urbanism, introducing tools such as progress indicators.
The Junta has published a practical guide for municipalities, technicians, and professionals, including SDG-oriented sheets and urban strategies: compact urban networks, sustainable mobility, energy efficiency, and green design.
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🤝 3. Strengthened Local–Regional Collaboration
Promotes active cooperation between municipalities and the Junta, including technical assistance and cooperation agreements to adapt to the new decentralized model.
Provincial Urban Coordination Commissions are responsible for harmonizing mandatory reports and environmental assessments.
Digital tools like SITU@ aim to improve transparency in urban planning information.
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🏙️ 4. Status of Local Municipal Plans
• La Línea de la Concepción: The new PGOU was approved in May, replacing the 1985 plan; includes urban regeneration, new facilities, cross-border collaboration with Gibraltar, and renewable energy initiatives.
• Morón de la Frontera: Launched its PGOM in April, integrating residential, industrial, and infrastructure planning alongside a participatory system funded externally.
• Jaén: Its PGOM is under review; submitted to the Junta in June and expected to be approved by summer 2026. Focus areas include a tramway, green spaces, regularization of up to 52% irregular housing, and historic center revitalization.
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🏗️ 5. Strategic and Sectoral Projects
• Majarabique Logistics Area (Seville–La Rinconada): Opened for public consultation in March as it has been classified as a project of regional interest.
• A strategic urban planning model is being developed to improve coordination between municipalities and the Junta for large-scale infrastructure projects.
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🏘️ 6. Junta’s Priority Agendas
1. Affordable Housing Expansion
At forums (e.g., Cajasol–Cuatrecasas, June 18), solutions like land transfer and reserved affordable housing quotas were analyzed but deemed insufficient, urging temporary measures and cost-reduction strategies.
2. Sustainable Urbanism
Effective application of SDG criteria, technical guides, and planning tools with sustainability indicators to track progress.
3. Agility and Simplification
Aims to reduce bureaucratic procedures, implementing “emergency urban planning” requested by developers, speeding up permits, and mobilizing public land.
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🔮 7. Outlook and Challenges
• Effective Transition: Municipalities are expected to take full responsibility for PGOU/P, requiring intensive updates.
• Regulatory Adaptation: Adjusting to the new legal framework and sustainability criteria, alongside environmental compliance, will be critical.
• Impact on Housing and Land: Improved institutional coordination may boost affordable housing, urban regeneration, and economic efficiency.
• Oversight and Participation: Processes are open to public review and consultations (e.g., Majarabique and Jaén), ensuring transparency.
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✅ Conclusion
The Junta de Andalucía has launched an ambitious shift toward a more:
• Decentralized urban model, granting greater municipal autonomy;
• Sustainable approach aligned with the SDGs and environmental evaluations;
• Agile system, reducing red tape and accelerating projects;
• Collaborative governance with active technical and citizen participation.
This marks the beginning of a new urban planning era in Andalusia, focused on integrated territorial design, regulatory modernization, and tackling pressing challenges such as the housing crisis.
