Albacete opens the grazing period for the 2027/2028 livestock year

The Albacete City Council has opened the application period for the allocation of pastures corresponding to the 2027/2028 livestock year. The call is signed by the president of the Local Pasture Commission, Rosa María González de la Aleja Sirvent, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Albacete (BOP) number 129, dated November 6, 2026, with the official reference 29.797. Interested livestock farmers may only formalize their request electronically.

The announcement occupies page 7 of the provincial gazette, within the Third Section, Local Administration, under the heading of the Albacete City Council and the body convening the allocation. The text is dated in Albacete on October 29, 2026, one week before its official publication.

This is a strictly procedural announcement: it establishes the calendar, the submission channel, and the documents that must accompany each application. The text does not include details regarding lots, areas, or economic conditions of the use, and refers subsequent publications to the municipal electronic notice board.

Calendar: from November 15 to December 15

The application period remains open from November 15—or the first following business day—until December 15, 2026, including both dates, according to the literal wording of the announcement.

• Opening: November 15, 2026, or the first subsequent business day, as that day falls on a Sunday.
• Closing: December 15, 2026, Tuesday, also included.
• Timeframe of the allocation: 2027/2028 livestock year.
• Sole channel: electronic office of the Albacete City Council.

Exclusively Electronic Processing

Applicant livestock farmers must submit the formalized application through the municipal electronic office, accessible at www.albacete.es. The announcement does not enable any other submission route for this procedure.

The application form can be obtained on the second floor of the Albacete City Council, although the delivery of the completed form does not replace the required electronic submission.

Documentation Accompanying the Application

Each request must be accompanied by the following documentation:

• Duly completed application form.
• Copy of the updated farm registry book.
• Copy of the updated mandatory census declaration.
• Document proving the representation of the applicant, in the case of legal entities.

Subsequent Publications on the Electronic Notice Board

The announcement warns that successive publications regarding the allocation of pastures will be posted on the electronic notice board of the Albacete City Council. Therefore, subsequent milestones of the procedure—admission, resolution, or eventual corrections—will not be disseminated through the provincial bulletin, but via that electronic channel.

The news affects livestock farms that utilize municipal pastures and depend on the established calendar to organize their campaign: anyone who does not formalize the application through the electronic office within the one-month window will be excluded from the allocation for the 2027/2028 period. Furthermore, the opening coincides with a period of barely four weeks that includes several non-working days, meaning the effective processing margin is reduced in practice.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Albacete, no. 129, of November 6, 2026, Third Section. Local Administration, page 7 (official reference: 29.797).