Comillas updates its regulated parking rates starting January 1st

The Comillas City Council has approved the update of the regulated parking service rates, which will take effect from January 1, 2027. The measure was adopted by mayoral resolution dated November 2, 2026, and is published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria no. 215, dated November 9, 2026, under reference CVE-2026-8778.

The publication contains the new wording of articles 9 to 11 of the Fiscal Ordinance regulating the Regulated Parking Fee, processed as file 4458/2026 and announced as initial approval and public exhibition. The text applies the revision formula contained within the ordinance itself, which empowers the Mayor’s Office to update the rate annually according to the year-on-year General Consumer Price Index, based on the final data from the National Statistics Institute regarding the month of September. The announcement appears signed in Comillas, on November 2, 2026, by the mayor, María Teresa Noceda Llano.

New blue zone rates

Article 9 sets the general rates for 2027, with hourly and per-minute amounts, distinguishing between beach and center zone parking and the deterrent zone. The prices including VAT are as follows:

• Cars and vans in beach and center zone: 0.90 euros per hour (0.01506395 euros per minute).
• Cars and vans in deterrent zone: 0.71 euros per hour (0.01183596 euros per minute).
• Buses in beach and center zone: 15.88 euros per hour.
• Buses in deterrent zone: 12.91 euros per hour.
• Cancellation of penalty notices: 13.50 euros.
• Permit for two workers per season: 20.01 euros; per week, 6.64 euros.
• Permit for three temporary residents per season: 47.21 euros.

Excluding VAT, the amounts are 0.74 and 0.59 euros per hour for cars and vans, 13.12 and 10.67 euros per hour for buses, 11.16 euros for the cancellation of notices, 16.54 and 5.49 euros for worker permits, and 39.01 euros for temporary resident permits. The amount to be paid will be calculated in fractions of 0.05 euros, rounding down to the lowest whole figure, and fractions of an hour will be settled proportionally by minutes.

Parking permits and requirements

Article 10 regulates the types of permits and their conditions. The resident permit requires that the vehicle pays the mechanical traction tax in Comillas and that it is paid up, with a valid ITV (technical inspection) and insurance, and that the user is registered as a resident in the municipality; second-hand vehicles of neighbors who meet these requirements and appear with a Comillas address on the circulation permit are also accepted, a fact which, in its absence, is confirmed by the Comillas Local Police.

The badge for workers or entrepreneurs in the affected areas—bars, restaurants, and other businesses—requires an employment contract or accreditation of owner or administrator status, with one card per license plate and a weekly or full-season duration. The temporary resident badge is aimed at those who have a home in a regulated zone without being registered on the census or who use it only during vacations, with one card per license plate and home. The annual fees are 0 euros for badge 1, 20.01 euros for badge 2, and 47.21 euros for badge 3.

Electric charging and review mechanisms

Article 11 establishes the charge at electric vehicle charging points per unit of energy consumed plus an amount for occupancy time: 0.38 euros per kWh, 0.52 euros per hour, and 0.00874167 euros per minute including VAT (0.31, 0.43, and 0.00716817 euros excluding VAT). For the areas delimited in blue, the user must obtain the ticket from the vending machines by entering the license plate or pay the fee through the enabled mobile application. The cancellation of penalty notices will cost 13.50 euros and must be carried out within 24 hours from the time of the report.

The ordinance also empowers the Local Government Board to update the fees annually according to the CPI and to modify or adapt the types of badges, as well as to apply adjustments of up to 10% more or less if necessary for the economic balance of the concession. None of these reviews are considered modifications of the ordinance and will be published once the variation has been accredited.

The change directly affects residents and visitors of Comillas, a municipality with strong parking pressure during high season: the update arrives six weeks before its entry into force and turns the blue zone, the badges, and electric charging into a single tariff package reviewable every year.

Source: Official Gazette of Cantabria, no. 215, November 9, 2026, pp. 56875-56877 (official reference: CVE-2026-8778).