Diario Oficial de Extremadura · 26 Aug 2026 · 3 vistas
Extremadura authorizes three pig farms and a crematorium
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The Official Gazette of Extremadura (DOE) number 165, dated August 26, 2026, publishes four resolutions from the General Directorate of Sustainable Management and Forestry Policy providing public notice of respective unified environmental authorizations. Three of them correspond to pig farms in Guijo de Granadilla (Cáceres), La Parra, and Azuaga (Badajoz), and the fourth to the installation of a cremation oven in a funeral home in Almendralejo (Badajoz).
The public notice resolutions, signed on August 18, 2026, by the general director Juan Eloy Rodríguez Ucedo, are issued in compliance with article 16.10 of Law 16/2015, of April 23, on environmental protection of the Autonomous Community of Extremadura, which requires the environmental body to publish the resolution granting, denying, or modifying the unified environmental authorization in the official gazette.
Three pig farms authorized
The unified environmental authorizations for the pig farms were granted through resolutions dated August 13, 2026. The projects and their promoters are as follows:
- Explotaciones Ventaquemada, SL, pig farm in the municipality of Guijo de Granadilla (Cáceres), reference 2026062176.
- Mesto 2015, SL, pig farm in the municipality of La Parra (Badajoz), reference 2026062178.
- Manuel Ángel Manchón Paniagua, pig farm in the municipality of Azuaga (Badajoz), reference 2026062180.
A cremation oven in Almendralejo
The fourth resolution provides public notice of the unified environmental authorization granted on August 3, 2026, for the project to install a cremation oven in a funeral home, promoted by Tanatorio Almendralejo, SA, in the municipality of Almendralejo (Badajoz), with reference 2026062177.
Access to full content
The DOE reminds that the full content of each unified environmental authorization can be consulted through the web links enabled on the extremambiente.juntaex.es portal, where the complete files for the four projects are hosted.
Relevance for residents
The publication of these authorizations represents a key administrative step for the launch of activities with environmental and health impacts in their respective localities. The pig farms and the cremation oven are subject to the conditions and corrective measures established in each authorization, which the residents of Guijo de Granadilla, La Parra, Azuaga, and Almendralejo may consult to learn about the environmental limits and obligations of these facilities.
Source: Official Gazette of Extremadura, number 165, August 26, 2026, section III (official references: 2026062176, 2026062178, 2026062180, and 2026062177).