Approved the Mercat del Pla as a cooperative hub: 612,928.50 euros of investment

The Lleida City Council has declared the final approval of the basic and executive project for the implementation of the Mercat del Pla as a cooperative hub, with a total amount of 612,928.50 euros (VAT included). The mayoral decree is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Lleida (BOP) no. 217, dated November 12, 2026, Local Administration section, with the official reference CVE BOP-2026_0_217_9601. The resolution comes after the public exhibition period closed without any allegations or contrary technical reports.

The project had been initially approved by the Local Governing Board in the session of September 17, 2026, and was submitted for public information for a period of 30 business days via an announcement in the provincial gazette and on the municipal electronic notice board. That agreement, published in the BOP of Lleida no. 180, dated September 21, 2026 (CVE BOP-2026_0_180_7812), already provided that the project would be definitively approved if no allegations were presented, subject to a mayoral resolution declaring it so.

A budget of 506,552.48 euros plus VAT

The cost of the project is broken down into three amounts that appear literally in the edict:

• 506,552.48 euros for the execution of the basic and executive project.
• 106,376.02 euros corresponding to VAT, applied at a rate of 21%.
• 612,928.50 euros as the total including VAT.

The drafting of the project is the work of architects Eduard Rodero López and David Agustí Pardo, from the company EDDAP ARQUITECTURA SLP, who signed it on September 4, 2026. The municipal file is OBR_OBE_2026_0026.

No allegations and no technical reports against

The declaration of final approval is based on the certificate issued by the Municipal Secretariat on November 5, 2026, which certifies that during the public exhibition period, no allegations were recorded nor were any technical reports issued regarding the project. The decree bears the signature of the mayor, Fèlix Larrosa i Piqué, and the process has been resolved in accordance with what was provided in the fifth point of the Local Governing Board’s agreement.

Prior to the initial approval, the same Governing Board approved two previous reports: the technical supervision issued on September 9, 2026, by Esther Sala Bittoun, architect of the Public Facilities, Equipment and Energy Service, and the project approval report issued on September 14, 2026, by the Deputy Director of City Promotion. The processing was channeled through the Contracting Service of the Paeria, located at plaça Paeria, 11, Pal·las building.

A protected building on Sant Martí Street

The Mercat del Pla is a unique building in the center of Lleida, located at 3 Sant Martí Street, and cataloged as a Cultural Asset of Local Interest (BCIL). The conditions of use for the property require protection measures around the existing fountain in its interior and prohibit anchoring, nailing, or fixing elements to the interior walls and the structure, according to the protection regime contained in the BOP of Lleida no. 200, of October 20, 2026 (CVE BOP-2026_0_200_8753).

Any intervention in the specially protected elements requires reporting to the Municipal Heritage Commission, and the persons using the space must restore the building to its initial state and assume responsibility for any damages that may occur.

With the final approval, the project is detached from the previous urban planning process and can move toward the execution phase. The transformation of the Mercat del Pla into a cooperative hub is one of the municipal operations with the greatest expected impact in the historic center of Lleida, both due to the committed public investment and the model of use intended to be implemented, and it directly affects the merchants, cooperatives, and residents in the vicinity of Sant Martí Street.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Lleida, no. 217, November 12, 2026, Local Administration - City Councils, p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE BOP-2026_0_217_9601).