The Provincial Council grants 4.9 million for sports infrastructure in 76 municipalities

The Provincial Council of Badajoz has resolved the final granting of 4,903,995.28 euros in subsidies from the 2026 Municipal Sports Infrastructure Plan, which will be allocated to 76 beneficiary entities: 4,735,115.24 euros for municipalities and 168,880.04 euros for smaller local entities. The resolution is signed by the president, Raquel del Puerto Carrasco, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz No. 215, dated November 10, 2026, in announcement 4449/2026. The agreement comes after a post-audit review detected that six municipalities included in the list of non-beneficiaries should have appeared on the list of beneficiaries.

A five-million-euro plan with 198 applications

The rules of the call were published in the BOP on March 10, 2026, and the application period extended from March 11 to 31 of that year. According to the certificate from the Secretary General dated April 17, 2026, 159 municipalities applied with a total of 198 requests, as some city councils submitted more than one petition.

The initial credit amounted to 2,500,000 euros and was expanded by another 2,500,000 euros through budget modification 30/2026, approved by decree on May 28, 2026, and reserved exclusively for municipalities, bringing the total call to 5,000,000 euros. The distribution is structured into two applications:

• 13/4590/76211/1100, works and equipment for local entities: 4,750,000 euros allocated, 4,735,115.24 granted.
• 13/4590/76811/1100, works and equipment for smaller local entities: 250,000 euros allocated, 168,880.04 granted.

The Functional Area of Infrastructure, Mobility, and Territorial Planning processes the file in accordance with the Provincial Plan, which acts as the specific regulation and governing rules, and supplementarily according to Law 38/2003, General Law on Subsidies, and its regulations.

A repeated commission to correct the tables

The Evaluation Commission met on September 29, 2026. After the file was sent for auditing and the non-beneficiary entities were reviewed, it was verified that six municipalities from that list should be beneficiaries and that the tables presented to the commission were incorrect. Therefore, a new session was convened on October 27, 2026, at 09:00 hours, in the office of the delegated deputy, with corrected tables and a new instruction report of the same date which the commission adopted.

The origin of the conflict was the doubts of 28 city councils —including Ahillones, Azuaga, Calzadilla de los Barros, Capilla, Fregenal de la Sierra, Fuente de Cantos, Fuente del Maestre, Llerena, Lobón, Montijo, Ribera del Fresno, Talavera la Real, Zahínos, and Zalamea de la Serena— regarding the interpretation of rules 6 and 11, raised between March 11 and 24. The Area dismissed the requested modification, considering that the wording was sufficiently clear.

83 municipalities out and 96,004 euros undistributed

Of the 159 applying municipalities, 76 obtain beneficiary status and 83 remain as non-beneficiaries. Among the latter:

• Cristina: technical services conclude that the action does not align with the sporting interest of the Plan and the expenditure is deemed ineligible.
• Valdehornillos, Casas de Reina, and Palazuelo: they did not respond to the request for correction and are considered to have withdrawn in accordance with article 68.1 of Law 39/2015.

The maximum amount per municipal project is set at 100,000 euros, a threshold reached by localities such as Guareña, San Pedro de Mérida, Hornachos, Zafra, Monesterio, Cabeza del Buey, Herrera del Duque, Alconchel, or Solana de los Barros, and the minor local entity of El Torviscal. A balance of 96,004.72 euros remains ungranted —14,884.76 euros in the municipality application and 81,119.96 euros in that of minor local entities—, which the Comptroller’s Office must cancel.

Advance payment without guarantee and one month to appeal

The grants will be paid prior to justification, in accordance with article 34.4 of the General Grants Law, and these payments are excluded from the obligation to establish a guarantee or financial collateral. In any case, no amount will be paid as long as the entity is not up to date with the State Treasury, Social Security, and the Provincial Council itself.

The resolution ends the administrative route: an optional appeal for reversal may be filed before the Presidency within one month from the day following the publication of the summary in the BOP, or directly via a contentious-administrative appeal. The agreement will also be published on the provincial website and in the National Grants Database, and the Plenary will be informed in the next ordinary session. The certification corresponds to the acting general secretary, María Fernanda Rubio Cortés.

The distribution closes the Provincial Council’s main sports program for 2026 and provides certainty to the city councils that have already committed to works in sports facilities, although it arrives late relative to the planned calendar and with nearly 100,000 euros remaining unallocated due to a lack of eligible projects.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Badajoz, no. 215, of November 10, 2026, Local Administration, page 1 (official reference: announcement 4449/2026).