Montblanc initiates the decommissioning of thirteen public properties to convert them into patrimonial assets

The Montblanc City Council has initiated the procedure to remove thirteen municipally-owned properties from the public domain and classify them as patrimonial assets. The resolution is contained in Mayoral Decree no. 2026-0001318, dated October 29, 2026, signed by Mayor Marc Vinya Miralles, and was published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona on November 12, 2026 (CVE 2026-10346). This is a preliminary step: the announcement does not complete the desafectation, but rather opens a public information period of 20 business days.

The announcement is made public in accordance with articles 20.2 and 178 of Decree 336/1988, of October 17, which approves the Regulations on the assets of local entities. The file, identified by number 4308620002-2026-0002444, aims to alter the legal classification of the assets, consisting of their desafectation from the public domain and their classification as patrimonial assets.

The City Council has made the announcement via publication in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona and on the municipal electronic notice board (e-Tauler), which is the dual channel required by the regulations to publicize the procedure.

Thirteen inventory records, from 1.1.86 to 1.1.98

The affected assets are thirteen and are identified in the municipal inventory with these references:

• 1.1.86
• 1.1.87
• 1.1.88
• 1.1.89
• 1.1.90
• 1.1.91
• 1.1.92
• 1.1.93
• 1.1.94
• 1.1.95
• 1.1.96
• 1.1.97
• 1.1.98

The announcement does not detail the nature, location, area, or current use of any of these thirteen properties: the decree is limited to referring to the file, where the data for each asset is recorded. Complete information is only accessible to those who consult the procedure during the open term.

Twenty business days to examine the file and file objections

The public information period is deployed under these conditions:

• Deadline: 20 business days counted from the last publication of the announcement, that is, from the edition of the provincial gazette or from the electronic notice board, whichever is later.
• Online consultation: through the municipal electronic notice board, with entity identifier 4308620002.
• In-person consultation: at the municipal offices of the Montblanc City Council.
• Objections: during this same period, any interested person may present the objections they deem appropriate.

From the public domain to the patrimonial regime

Once the desafectation is approved, the properties cease to be governed by the protection regime specific to the public domain and become part of the private assets of the City Council, subject to the regime of patrimonial assets of local entities. This is the administrative route that allows assets to be given a purpose different from the public service or use to which they were assigned.

The announcement, however, does not specify the intended destination for the thirteen properties nor whether the subsequent processing includes their sale or lease. This information does not appear in the published text and can only be verified by consulting the file.

In recent months, the provincial bulletin has recorded other files with similar characteristics. This is the case of the decommissioning of a section of a municipal road measuring 1,973.65 square meters to qualify it as a patrimonial asset (CVE 2026-07971, August 26, 2026) and the decommissioning of documents and periodical publications from a municipal library’s collection (October 27, 2026). These are procedures that share the same regulatory framework: the Regulations on the Heritage of Local Entities.

The relevance of the news is twofold. On one hand, it affects thirteen entries in the municipal inventory of Montblanc and, therefore, the heritage of all residents, who have 20 business days to consult the file and submit objections before the decommissioning becomes final. On the other hand, the lack of detail in the announcement regarding the location and destination of the assets shifts the relevant information toward the direct consultation of the file, meaning that the open period is the only real window for citizen control over the operation.

Fuente: Official Bulletin of the Province of Tarragona, November 12, 2026, section I, p. 1-1 (official reference: CVE 2026-10346).