The Governing Council accelerates the expropriation of the Fuenlabrada gas station

The Governing Council of the Community of Madrid has declared the urgent occupation of the assets affected by the expropriation of the service station located at number 1 Móstoles Street, in Fuenlabrada, whose plot will be designated as a green area within the process of urban redevelopment of the road. The Agreement of October 30, 2026 is published in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID no. 271, of November 11, 2026, section I.C (Other Provisions), pages 77 and 78, with the official reference BOCM-20261111-17, and bears the signature of counselor Miguel Ángel García Martín and president Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

The file was promoted by the Fuenlabrada City Council to change the classification of the gas station plot and designate it as a green area, expanding the lounging areas and pedestrianizing the section where the facility is located. The action is processed through the urgency procedure provided for in article 52 of the Law of December 16, 1954 on compulsory expropriation, and the agreement of the regional Executive fulfills the formality of declaring the necessity of occupying the assets and rights to be expropriated.

The affected assets and the competent body

The list of assets covers the land and airspace existing at number 1 Móstoles Street, corresponding to registered property 7313, with cadastral reference 2398301VK3529N0001AI. The competence of the regional Governing Council derives from article 2 and section B 5.7 of Annex I of Royal Decree 3351/1983, of July 20, and from article 6.10 of Decree 69/1983, of June 30, on the distribution of competencies in matters of territorial planning and urbanism.

The agreement orders three things:

• To declare the urgent occupation of the assets of the file titled “Project for the Delimitation and Expropriation of the land, constructions and installations corresponding to the service station located at number 1 Móstoles Street in Fuenlabrada”.
• To communicate the resolution to the Fuenlabrada City Council, which must notify the interested parties.
• To publish the text in the OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID, as has been done in number 271.

Two years of municipal processing

The Local Government Board of Fuenlabrada initially approved the file on October 24, 2025. The public information process was carried out via an announcement in the BOCM no. 270, of November 12, 2025, in the newspaper “La Razón” on November 17, 2025, and on the electronic notice board between November 3 and December 4, 2025, in addition to individualized notification to the owners.

On March 27, 2026, the Local Governing Board resolved the submitted allegations, all of which were dismissed, and definitively approved the project, along with the request to the Community of Madrid for a declaration of urgent occupation. The Urban Planning Commission of the Community of Madrid issued a favorable report on September 24, 2026, and the General Directorate of Territorial Rebalancing did the same on October 14, 2026, in accordance with article 13.4.n) of Decree 229/2023, of September 6.

Pollution, narrow sidewalks, and fair price

The file includes a municipal justifying report from September 2025 which argues that maintaining the service station generates “significant environmental impacts,” as it acts as a focal point attracting motorized vehicles toward the urban center and increases atmospheric and noise pollution. It adds that the pedestrian itineraries of the section are “tortuous, narrow, and unsafe,” to the point of forcing pedestrians to go around the facility or cross the sidewalk to reach the nearby La Plaza street from the underpass beneath the train tracks.

The fair price has been calculated according to articles 34 and following of the consolidated text of the Land and Urban Rehabilitation Law, approved by Royal Legislative Decree 7/2015, of October 30, and the Valuation Regulations of the Land Law (Royal Decree 1492/2011, of October 24). The credit retention and the favorable auditing report from the General Comptroller of the Fuenlabrada City Council are included in the file.

What it implies for the owner and for the neighborhood

The declaration of urgency allows the City Council to materially occupy the assets without waiting for the final resolution of the price, so that the removal of the business and the liberation of the land can be executed immediately once the resolution is notified to the interested parties. For the residents, the change means gaining staying space in a section currently dominated by through traffic toward La Plaza street and the railway underpass.

The decision closes the municipal administrative route opened more than a year ago and shifts the conflict to the realm of the fair price, the point that usually concentrates litigation in this type of proceedings. The owners of the service station now have a reduced timeframe to negotiate the valuation of the land, buildings, and installations before the occupation becomes effective.

Source: OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID, no. 271, November 11, 2026, section I.C (Other Provisions), pp. 77-78 (official reference: BOCM-20261111-17).