Reparceling of Vega de las Claras for protected housing in Aguilar de Campoo approved

The General Directorate of Housing and Urban Planning of the Regional Government of Castilla y León has initially approved the action project with complete determinations for land redistribution and urbanization of the Regional Plan for residential territorial scope “Vega de las Claras”, in the municipality of Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia). The resolution, dated November 9, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León no. 220, Friday, November 13, 2026, within section I (E.2 Other Official Announcements), with the official reference BOCYL-D-13112026-220-47. The agreement opens a one-month period for public information and hearing for the affected owners.

The origin of the action is Order MAV/1041/2025, of September 19, by which the Regional Plan for residential territorial scope “Vega de las Claras” was approved, published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León on October 3, 2025. The plan was promoted by the Public Infrastructure and Environment Company of Castilla y León (SOMACyL), which acts as the promoter of the entire operation.

According to the published text, the objective of the Regional Plan is “the generation of a new housing supply, mostly public protection housing, in Aguilar de Campoo,” intended to meet “the growing housing demand linked to working people in the municipality.” The instrument addresses the complete planning of an area that the General Urban Development Plan had already classified as developable land for residential use, sector SUR 04, with a high percentage of protected housing and whose initially planned deadlines for development through private initiative had already passed.

From the general plan to the action project

The Regional Plan establishes the complete urban planning determinations within its scope, but refers the definition of the management conditions to a subsequent Action Project. The resolution invokes article 253.1 of Decree 22/2004, of January 29, by which the Urban Planning Regulations of Castilla y León (RUCyL) are approved, to jointly process the land redistribution and urbanization.

The file is based on several regulations that the resolution details:

• Article 22 of Law 10/1998, of December 5, on Territorial Planning of the Community of Castilla y León, which declares the public utility and social interest and the need for urgent occupation of the assets required to execute regional plans.
• Articles 255 and following of the RUCyL, which regulate the system of action by agreement (concierto).
• Article 135 of Law 5/1999, of April 8, on Urban Planning of Castilla y León, and Article 8.2.ñ) of Decree 10/2026, of June 29, on the organic structure of the Ministry of the Presidency, which attribute competence to the head of the General Directorate of Housing and Urban Planning.
• Article 45 and Annex II, group 7 b), of Law 21/2013, on environmental assessment, and Article 49 of Legislative Decree 1/2015, through which a Simplified Environmental Impact Assessment has been requested.

Agreement and expropriation underway

The chosen system is that of agreement (concierto) because SOMACyL holds ownership of all the land within the action unit that is not for public use and domain, once the expropriation procedure is completed. That process is already advanced: the Resolution of October 19, 2026, from the Second Vice-Presidency of the Junta de Castilla y León (Isabel Blanco Llamas), definitively approved the list of assets and rights to be expropriated, published in the Official Gazette of Castilla y León no. 204, of October 21, 2026.

The annex of that resolution lists 47 plots from polygon 546 and polygon 66841, with private owners, the City Council of Aguilar de Campoo, the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, and entities such as Inmobiliaria Risco SA or the Poor Clares Monastery of Santa Clara in Aguilar de Campoo, in addition to SOMACyL itself.

One month for allegations

The resolution signed by the general director, Hugo Manzano Mucientes, orders the opening of a public information and hearing process for owners for one month, counted from the day following the publication in the gazette, that is, from November 14 until December 14, 2026.

The documentation may be consulted at the information and citizen service office of the Territorial Delegation of the Junta de Castilla y León in Palencia (Avenida de Casado del Alisal, 27), Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 14:30 and Monday to Thursday from 16:30 to 18:30, and on the Junta’s website. In-person allegations must be addressed to the Urban Planning Service of the General Directorate of Housing and Urban Planning, at Calle Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14, 47014 Valladolid.

The text further recalls that the final approval of the Action Project, as it contains the complete determinations on urbanization, will enable the start of the works, although such execution is subject to the accreditation of ownership by the beneficiary entity in the lands where it does not yet hold it.

The processing represents the decisive step to unlock a residential sector that has been paralyzed for years in Aguilar de Campoo and to set on track land destined mostly for protected housing, a formula through which the Junta seeks to retain and attract labor in a municipality with industrial activity and demand for workers.

Source: Official Gazette of Castilla y León, no. 220, November 13, 2026, section I (E.2 Other Official Announcements), page 359 (official reference: BOCYL-D-13112026-220-47).