Valle de Santibáñez opens public information period for its population promotion ordinance

The City Council of Valle de Santibáñez has initially approved the special promotion ordinance for the maintenance of the rural population in the municipality, by agreement of its Plenary session dated September 22, 2026. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Burgos no. 190, corresponding to Tuesday, October 6, 2026, within section III. Local Administration, with the official reference BOPBUR-2026-04101. The regulation is now subject to public consultation for a period of thirty days so that any interested party may examine it and submit any claims they deem appropriate.

The initial approval is adopted in accordance with articles 49 and 70.2 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of Local Government, and article 56 of the consolidated text of Local Government. The body promoting the measure is the municipal Plenary, and the announcement appears signed in Valle de Santibáñez on September 22, 2026, by the mayor, María del Amor Andrade Pérez.

Initial approval and period for allegations

The initially approved text is displayed to the public for a period of thirty days, computed from the day following the insertion of the announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province. During this period, the file may be examined and any claims considered appropriate may be formulated.

The essential aspects of the published procedure are as follows:

• Regulation: special promotion ordinance for the maintenance of the rural population in Valle de Santibáñez.
• Issuing body: Plenary of the City Council of Valle de Santibáñez.
• Date of agreement: September 22, 2026.
• Public consultation period: thirty days from the day following the publication of the announcement.
• Effect if there are no claims: the ordinance will be understood as definitively approved.

The publication does not detail the articulated content of the ordinance, so the specific promotion measures must be consulted in the municipal file. What the announcement does establish is the procedural regime: the initial approval paves the way for citizen participation and, in the absence of allegations, the regulation acquires a definitive character without the need for a new plenary agreement.

Consultation of the file and electronic office

The announcement specifies the enabled channels for access to the text and for the submission of allegations:

• In-person examination at the municipal offices of the City Council of Valle de Santibáñez, during public office hours.
• Telematic consultation at the municipal electronic office, accessible at http://valledesantibanez.sedelectronica.es.
• Submission of claims and suggestions within the indicated thirty-day period.

The city council’s electronic office is configured as the primary channel for residents who are unable to travel to the municipal offices, in a municipality with dispersed centers and a population spread across several towns.

A municipality active in the provincial bulletin

The processing of this ordinance is added to other recent actions by the Valle de Santibáñez City Council published in the same provincial bulletin, including the call for the election of a titular justice of the peace, with a deadline of ten business days, and the approval of economic-financial plans for its neighborhood boards. The municipality, with its administrative headquarters in Santibáñez Zarzaguda, groups several smaller local entities and neighborhood boards, which explains the variety of files it processes.

The announcement is part of the ordinary procedure for the approval of local ordinances and regulations, which requires the publication of the initial agreement to guarantee transparency and the possibility of challenging or improving the text before it comes into force.

Impact for residents

The ordinance seeks to establish municipal promotion instruments for the maintenance of the rural population, an objective expressly stated in its name and relevant in a municipality of a rural nature. Interested parties have thirty days from the day following this publication to review the text and submit allegations; once the deadline has passed without claims, the ordinance will be definitively approved and will take effect for all residents of Valle de Santibáñez.

Source: Official Bulletin of the Province of Burgos, no. 190, of October 6, 2026, section III. Local Administration, page 47 (official reference: BOPBUR-2026-04101).