The Provincial Council approves the justification of forestry grants for Bufali and Beniflá

The Provincial Council of Valencia has approved the justification of the grants awarded under the direct award regime for forest management and forest fire prevention to the town councils of Bufali and Beniflá, corresponding to the 2024 financial year. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia number 181, dated September 21, 2026, within the Provincial Council section, Environment area, with the official reference 2026/11486. The resolution closes the grant file for two municipal councils in the province and considers the obligation to justify the funds received as fulfilled.

The Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia is edited by the Provincial Council of Valencia, which warns that the publications appearing therein are the sole responsibility of the sending bodies. The Environment announcement is the only environmental notice from the Council in this issue and refers to the final phase of the procedure: once the justification is approved, the grant is definitively applied to the 2024 financial year accounts of both town councils.

A direct grant line for forest management

The aid is framed within the direct award regime, the channel used by the Council to finance specific forest management and fire prevention actions in the province’s municipalities. The announcement affects two beneficiaries:

• Bufali Town Council, for forest management and fire prevention grants for the 2024 financial year.
• Beniflá Town Council, for the same line and the same financial year.

The approval of the justification implies that the Council validates the documentation submitted by the two municipal councils regarding the use of the funds, a procedure that determines the accounting closure of the grant in each municipality.

Background of the same aid line

The 2024 forest management grant line had already generated other municipal announcements in the Official Gazette of the Province of Valencia in previous weeks. On September 1, 2026, the Gilet Town Council published the announcement regarding the plots affected by the Forest Management 2024 grant, with reference 2026/10778, in which the lands included in the subsidized actions were identified.

In the same issue 181 of September 21, the Provincial Council of Valencia signs two other announcements from the Budget Office, both being corrections of errors regarding modifications to the investment annex of the current budget: 2026/11484, referring to announcement 2026/07996 published on June 26, 2026, and 2026/11485, relating to announcement 2026/09795 of August 5, 2026.

Fire prevention in the province’s municipalities

Forest fire prevention is a recurring theme in the municipal activity recorded by the provincial bulletin. In the same issue 181, the Pinet City Council publishes the final approval of its Local Burning Plan, with reference 2026/11354, a planning instrument directly linked to the reduction of fire risk within the municipal district.

Days earlier, on September 15, 2026, the Caudete de las Fuentes City Council announced the initial approval of the General Forest Fire Prevention Plan for its municipal district, with reference 2026/11174, and on September 1, the Estivella City Council called upon the owners of the lands included in the actions of its Local Forest Fire Prevention Plan, reference 2026/10789.

Impact for the municipalities

The approval of the justification for the 2024 grants clears the files for Bufali and Beniflá and confirms that the funds destined for forest management and fire prevention are consolidated in their accounts. For the province’s readers, the announcement is the official record that the Provincial Council considers a direct subsidy closed, the objective of which is to reduce fire risk and improve the state of forest masses in two municipal districts.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Valencia, no. 181, September 21, 2026, section I (Provincial Council of Valencia, Environment) (official reference: 2026/11486).