Urban Planning notifies interested parties of the appeal against the PXOM of Vigo

The Municipal Urban Planning Management of the City Council of Vigo summons interested parties in the contentious-administrative appeal 4430/2025, filed by the San Miguel de Oia Neighborhood Association against the final approval of the new General Municipal Urban Planning Plan (PXOM) of Vigo. The announcement, signed on September 28, 2026, is published in the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG) number 215, of Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in section VI of announcements, page 56528, with the official reference jf4stmm3-qcd0-z6h7-sj29-gelcbqxe9jp0. Affected persons have nine days to appear in the proceedings.

The framework of the procedure is the official letter that the Second Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice of Galicia sent to the Management, in which it requests the submission of the administrative file and the summons of the interested parties in the corresponding file. To comply with the request, the Municipal Urban Planning Management of the City Council of Vigo agreed to send the file to the Galician high court.

The appeal is directed against the Agreement of the Plenary of the City Council of Vigo of May 26, 2025, by which the General Municipal Urban Planning Plan of Vigo was definitively approved. This plan was approved as a revision of the General Urban Planning Plan of 1993, meaning it replaces the planning instrument that governed municipal urbanism for more than three decades. Nearly sixteen months elapsed between the contested plenary approval and the publication of this announcement.

Nine days to appear as defendants

The announcement is notified “for the general knowledge of all persons interested in the proceedings,” so that they may appear and present themselves as defendants in the proceedings. The deadline and procedural channel are as follows:

• Deadline of nine days to appear and present themselves in the proceedings.
• Channel provided for in Article 49.1 of Law 29/1998, of July 13, regulating the contentious-administrative jurisdiction.
• Prior municipal action: submission of the administrative file to the High Court of Justice of Galicia.
• Competent judicial body: Second Section of the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the TSXG.
• Procedure: contentious-administrative appeal 4430/2025, via the ordinary procedure.

The appearance must therefore be made before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the TSXG within this nine-day period, counted from the publication of the announcement in the official bulletin. Those who do not appear within the deadline will remain outside the proceedings and will not be able to make allegations or appeals in the procedure.

Who signs the summons

The announcement was signed in Vigo on September 28, 2026, by María José Caride Estévez, president of the Municipal Urban Planning Management of Vigo and delegated councilor of the Government Area of Urban Planning and Housing, acting by delegation by virtue of the Resolution of July 4, 2023.

The publication is produced within the framework of section VI, epigraph B) of local administration, which is the space reserved in the DOG for announcements from city councils and their autonomous bodies and managements. The text does not provide the concrete content of the grounds for challenge nor the date of any other procedural action.

Why it matters

The PXOM is the instrument that establishes the urban planning regime for the entire municipal district of Vigo: it classifies the land, defines its determinations, and conditions any future license or development. Therefore, the judicial resolution of this appeal may affect landowners, developers, construction companies, and any person with urban planning interests in the city, who now have a short period to decide whether to appear in the process.

Source: Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG), no. 215, November 10, 2026, section VI. Announcements, B) Local Administration, p. 56528 (official reference: jf4stmm3-qcd0-z6h7-sj29-gelcbqxe9jp0).