Moraleja del Vino opens public information for a 1,248-space pig macro-farm

The Moraleja del Vino City Council has opened for public consultation the license application for a pig fattening farm with a capacity of 1,248 places, to be installed within the municipal district of Moraleja del Vino (Zamora). The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora number 122, corresponding to Friday, October 16, 2026, in section III. Local Administration, under official reference R-202602363. The resolution opens a period of ten business days for any interested party to consult the file and submit allegations.

The application was submitted by Luis Merino Caballero and was entered into the council’s registry on September 8, 2026, as stated in the announcement. The file is being processed in accordance with Article 28 of the Recast Text of the Environmental Prevention Law of Castilla y León, approved by Legislative Decree 1/2015, of November 12, the regulation that governs the public information process in the environmental authorization procedures for activities and installations. The announcement is signed by the Mayor in Moraleja del Vino on October 5, 2026.

Ten business days to submit allegations

The public exhibition period is ten business days and is calculated from the day following the publication of the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora. During this period, any natural or legal person may appear in the proceedings and assert their interests.

The official text details the avenues open to interested parties:

• Examine the complete file at the municipal offices of the Moraleja del Vino City Council, during office hours.
• Formulate allegations, observations, or suggestions regarding the license application.
• Exercise these rights without the need to prove any prior status other than that of an interested party, as it is a process open to any natural or legal person.

A fattening farm with 1,248 places

The project under consultation is a pig fattening farm—that is, oriented toward the fattening of animals—with a declared capacity of 1,248 places. The facility would be located in the municipal district of Moraleja del Vino, a town in the province of Zamora situated within the metropolitan area of the capital.

The essential data of the file are as follows:

• Promoter: Luis Merino Caballero.
• Activity: pig fattening farm.
• Capacity: 1,248 places.
• Location: municipal district of Moraleja del Vino (Zamora).
• Date of application entry in the municipal registry: September 8, 2026.
• Processing body: Moraleja del Vino City Council.
• Applied regulation: Article 28 of the Recast Text of the Environmental Prevention Law of Castilla y León, approved by Legislative Decree 1/2015, of November 12.

Case file consultation and next step

Once the public information period has passed without allegations, or once those submitted have been assessed, the procedure will continue its ordinary processing within the municipal sphere until the corresponding resolution regarding the requested license is issued. The announcement is published “for general knowledge and for the appropriate purposes,” according to the official text.

The public exhibition is the procedural moment in which residents, local livestock farmers, and environmental groups can incorporate their technical or legal observations into the case file before the city council makes a decision.

The processing directly affects the municipality, both due to the volume of the projected installation and the growing interest of public opinion in the region regarding intensive livestock farming and its impact on the territory, water, and the rural environment. The case file remains available to any natural or legal person at the municipal offices during the fixed period.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Zamora, no. 122, October 16, 2026, section III. Local Administration, page 24 (official reference: R-202602363).