GDR Limia Arnoia opens tender for 12.7 hectares of the Finca de Antela

The Limia Arnoia Rural Development Group has opened the process to lease 12.729 hectares of the Antela Estate, in the municipality of Sandiás, which remained unleased in the first call. The call for regulatory bases is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense on November 9, 2026, in section VI of private and other announcements, with reference R. 2.555. The conditions give priority to agricultural holdings that operate under sustainable agriculture criteria and establish 30 calendar days to submit applications.

The origin of the call lies in an agreement signed in 2024 between the GDR Limia Arnoia, within the framework of its Aterra project, and the Provincial Council of Ourense, the owner of the land. Under that agreement, the rural development entity receives the transfer of the seven plots of the aforementioned estate located in the municipality of Sandiás with the objective of leasing them to farmers who need them to develop their agricultural activity.

The now official publication is not a debut, but a second opportunity: the bases expressly refer to the 12.729 hectares that remained unawarded in the first call. In other words, the procedure resumes the available land of the provincial estate to place it once again in the hands of active holdings in the area.

What is offered and to whom

• Called surface: 12.729 hectares of the Antela Estate, in Sandiás.
• Land ownership: Provincial Council of Ourense, which transfers them via an agreement signed in 2024.
• Number of plots transferred under the agreement: seven.
• Lease managing entity: GDR Limia Arnoia, through the Aterra project.
• Recipients: farmers who need the land to carry out their agricultural activity.
• Available documentation: regulatory bases, annexes, and application form, on the project website, aterra.gal.

Priority for sustainable agriculture

The announcement clearly defines the purpose of utilizing these plots: to promote sustainable agriculture, respectful of the environment and ecology. Consequently, the GDR Limia Arnoia establishes that priority will be given to holdings that respect these principles.

This criterion thus becomes the axis of the regulatory bases and the access criteria that the entity publishes along with the call, and which interested parties must consult before submitting their proposal. The text disseminated in the provincial gazette refers to those documents—bases, annexes, and criteria—as the complete framework of the call.

Thirty calendar days and electronic application

The deadline for submitting applications is 30 calendar days starting from the day following the publication in the BOP of Ourense, meaning the count begins on November 10, 2026, and extends, according to that calculation, until December 9, 2026.

Applications are not made via in-person registration, but through the form enabled on the Aterra website (aterra.gal), the same space where the regulatory bases and annexes are posted. The call is signed as R. 2.555 and the announcement is processed with the edict reference 353056.

Impact on the region

Putting these 12,729 hectares into circulation provides the farms of the Limia region with a way to expand their territorial base without buying land, in an environment where access to agricultural surface is one of the main obstacles to growth. The fact that the call focuses on what remained vacant in the first round indicates, furthermore, that the managing entity is actively seeking to cover the entirety of the estate ceded by the Provincial Deputation of Ourense.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Ourense, November 9, 2026, section VI. Private announcements and others (official reference: R. 2.555, edict 353056).