Urgent expropriation of land for the Moraleda de Zafayona sewage treatment plant

The Territorial Delegation of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development in Granada has called for the drawing up of records prior to the urgent occupation of the assets and rights affected by the compulsory expropriation proceedings opened to execute the works of the project “WWTP and discharge collection system of Moraleda de Zafayona (Granada)”. The decision is contained in the Resolution of November 5, 2026, published in the Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía (BOJA) no. 218, of November 11, 2026, under text no. 14738. The announcement spans seven pages and opens the phase preceding the material occupation of the plots.

The resolution is included in section 3 of “Other provisions” of the gazette, under the dependency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Junta de Andalucía. The processed file carries the code A5.318.1008/2111, an identifier that links the expropriation procedure with the construction project of the wastewater treatment plant and its discharge collection network in the municipality of Moraleda de Zafayona, in the province of Granada.

The drawing up of prior records is the procedure that, within the urgency process, allows the Administration to establish the physical and legal status of the land before occupying it, without waiting for the final resolution of the fair price (justiprecio). The act is held in the presence of the affected owners, the expropriating Administration, and the beneficiary of the work, and from it derives the record that serves as the basis for the subsequent valuation of the assets and rights.

A procedure with recent precedents in Andalusia

The call in Moraleda de Zafayona is not an isolated case: the same ministry has activated procedures with similar characteristics for treatment infrastructures in other provinces in recent months. Among the precedents published in the BOJA are:

• The call for prior records for the project “Discharge Collection and WWTP of Montellano (Seville)”, disseminated in BOJA no. 171, of September 3, 2026 (text no. 11410).
• The public information period for modified project no. 1 of the discharge collection and WWTP of Montizón (Jaén), with the expropriation file of the new affected estates, in BOJA no. 209, of October 28, 2026 (text no. 14158).
• The public information regarding the discharge authorization of the Oria WWTP (Almería), in BOJA no. 214, of November 5, 2026 (text no. 14632 corresponds to another resolution of the same day; the Oria announcement appears as text no. 14326).

The pattern is common: first the approval and public exhibition of the construction project, then the declaration of public utility and the urgent occupation of the necessary land, and finally the call for the prior records that opens the way to occupation.

What the affected owner should consult

The seven-page resolution refers to the list of affected assets and rights accompanying the file, where the plots, their owners, and the area to be occupied are identified. Interested parties must verify the data concerning them in that official text before appearing at the act.

• Resolving body: Territorial Delegation of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development in Granada.
• File: key A5.318.1008/2111.
• Publication: BOJA no. 218, of November 11, 2026, section 3 of “Other provisions,” text no. 14738.
• Purpose: assets and rights necessary for the WWTP (EDAR) and the discharge grouping of Moraleda de Zafayona.

Calendar and effect on the ground

The call establishes the temporal and procedural framework in which the act of drawing up the records will take place, the details of which—estates, owners, dates, and times—appear in the full text published in the bulletin. The publication in the BOJA serves as official notification, meaning that the calculation of procedures and any possible allegation starts from that date and not from a prior individual communication.

The urgent nature of the procedure implies that the Administration may occupy the land once the records have been drawn up, with the payment of the corresponding prior deposit, without this closing the discussion on the price. The valuation of the assets is handled later, in the fair price phase, before the Provincial Jury of Compulsory Expropriation or through an agreement with the owners.

The relevance of this announcement is twofold: for the owners of the affected plots in Moraleda de Zafayona, it marks the moment their property enters the expropriation procedure and the period opens to appear and defend their interests; for other readers, it confirms that the Junta is promoting the construction of the treatment plant and its discharge network, an infrastructure called upon to organize the sanitation of the municipality’s wastewater.

Source: Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía, no. 218, of November 11, 2026, section 3 “Other provisions” (official reference: text no. 14738, file A5.318.1008/2111).