El Borge regulates motorhome parking with Ordinance number 38

The El Borge City Council has taken the first step toward regulating the parking of motorhomes within its municipal boundaries. The initial approval of the modification of Municipal Ordinance number 38 regarding the parking of motorhomes and others appears published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga on October 30, 2026, within the city council announcements, under the official reference Edict 4158/2026.

The decision is formalized as an initial approval, meaning the municipal agreement is not yet final: the regulation remains open for public consultation before coming into effect. The announcement affects a small municipality in the interior of the Axarquía and comes at a time of increasing pressure from visitors with recreational vehicles in the inland regions of the province.

What is being modified and who is affected

The edict identifies the object of the agreement literally: the modification of Municipal Ordinance number 38 regarding the parking of motorhomes and others. There are two direct recipients:

• Owners and users of motorhomes and recreational vehicles who overnight or park on land within the municipal boundaries of El Borge.
• Residents and owners of land affected by the areas where such parking is concentrated.

The wording of the announcement does not detail the articulated content of the modification nor the specific changes to the current wording, which are contained in the full text of the edict and in the municipal file.

Initial approval and period for allegations

The initial approval of a modification to a municipal ordinance opens, according to the standard procedure of local corporations, a public information process during which any interested party may examine the file and submit allegations or suggestions. The agreement published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga on October 30, 2026, is what activates this process; the specific calculation of the deadline and the place of submission are set in the edict itself.

Interested parties may submit their allegations through the channels enabled by the El Borge City Council, and the regulation will not be final until the submitted allegations are resolved and final approval is granted.

An open provincial debate

The regulation of motorhome parking is not an isolated issue for El Borge. The same provincial gazette reflects, weeks earlier, another move in the same direction: the announcement from Mollina, published on September 15, 2026, with reference Edict 3468/2026, which opened public consultation for the implementation of a service area for motorhomes and a rural complex called “Casería del Rey.”

• El Borge proposes the regulatory route, modifying an existing ordinance.
• Mollina proposed the route of implementing a specific service area.

Both cases agree on the diagnosis: the municipalities in the interior of the province need to regulate the presence of motorhomes, with criteria on where overnight stays are permitted and how this activity can be made compatible with the residents’ use of public space.

Closing

The relevance of the news is twofold. For motorhome owners, the modification of Municipal Ordinance number 38 may change the conditions under which they park and stay overnight in El Borge, so it is advisable to review the edict and the period for submitting allegations. For residents, it is an opportunity to influence a regulation that organizes the use of streets, squares, and access points in the municipality before it is definitively approved.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Málaga, October 30, 2026, city council announcements (official reference: Edict 4158/2026).