Sant Cugat approves the Compensation Board for Europa Avenue

The Local Governing Board of the Sant Cugat del Vallès City Council definitively approved on September 29, 2026, the Operating Bases and the Statutes, as well as the constitution, of the Compensation Board for the area delimited by the Specific Modification of the General Metropolitan Plan at Europa Avenue 12-16, Via Augusta 27-45 and surroundings, and Roquetes Avenue. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona on October 14, 2026, with the full text of the Statutes and the Operating Bases, under the reference CVE 202610150207. The edict is signed by the Mayor, Josep Maria Vallès Navarro.

The municipal file is 4848/2026 and the document 414990/2026, processed under procedure T322 for Compensation Boards. The approval is made in the exact terms of the public deed granted before the notary Miguel-Ángel Campo Güerri on January 30, 2026, number 273 of his protocol, in accordance with article 125.2 of the RLUC, given that no allegations were presented during the public information period or the hearing process, as certified by the general secretary on May 29, 2026.

The area executes the Specific Modification of the General Metropolitan Plan definitively approved by the Territory Commission of Catalonia on July 22, 2025 (DOGC of August 21, 2025). The applicable legal regime is the Recast Text of the Urbanism Law (Legislative Decree 1/2010, TRLUC) and its Regulation (Decree 305/2006, RLUC), with the Recast Text of the Land and Urban Rehabilitation Law (Royal Legislative Decree 7/2015) for valuations.

A collaborating urban entity under municipal tutelage

• The Board has an administrative nature, its own legal personality and full capacity to act, and acts as a fiduciary for the lands contributed by its members.
• The registered office is established in Sant Cugat del Vallès (08174), Via Augusta Avenue 15-25, 6th floor, door 12.
• The duration is indefinite, until the registration of the Reparceling Project in the Property Registry and the final acceptance of the works by the City Council.
• The purposes include formulating the reparceling project, transferring the mandatory cession lands, drafting and executing the urbanization project, and requesting compulsory expropriation or the route of constraint against non-incorporated owners.
• The acting administration is the Sant Cugat del Vallès City Council, which approves the Statutes and the Bases, appoints the municipal representative, and resolves administrative appeals.

Municipal representation and registry registration

• Josep Tarragó Pampalona, Head of the Territorial Planning Service, is designated as the City Council’s representative in the governing body, until the appointment of the Urban Planning Area Management.
• The public deed and its supporting documents shall be filed in the Registry of Collaborating Urban Entities of the General Directorate of Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Architecture of the Department of Territory, Housing and Ecological Transition of the Generalitat de Catalunya.
• The agreement shall be notified to all owners who make up the Board and to the holders of affected rights, and shall be forwarded to the municipal Urban Licenses and Activities service.

Incorporation deadlines and quota regime

• Owners may join during the public information period following the publication of the agreement, within the period established by the deed of constitution (minimum 20 calendar days), or within the month following the notification of the approval of the constitution.
• Ordinary and extraordinary quotas are paid within a maximum period of one month from the request; non-payment generates late payment interest and may lead to the loss of voting rights and expropriation.
• Against the agreement, which is final in the administrative process, an appeal for reversal may be filed within one month or a contentious-administrative appeal within two months.

Execution of works and guarantees

• The awarding of the urbanization works is subject to publicity and competition, with a minimum of three offers.
• The contract must provide for a guarantee period that cannot be less than one year.
• The transfer to the City Council of the works, installations, and facilities shall be carried out within three months following the final acceptance.
• The resulting properties may be built upon before achieving the status of a building plot, in accordance with Decree 64/2014.

The final approval converts the Board into the sole management instrument for the sector: the incorporated owners assume the distribution of benefits and burdens, while those who do not join are exposed to forced reparceling or expropriation. For developers, the constitution opens the way to reparceling and the urbanization of the area, with the guarantee that the entity’s agreements are directly enforceable under municipal supervision.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Barcelona, October 14, 2026, Local Administration, pp. 1-26 (official reference: CVE 202610150207).