Villa del Río approves a gas station on rural land exempt from distance requirements

The Villa del Río City Council has definitively approved the extraordinary action project on non-developable land that will allow the installation of a vehicle fuel supply station in Polygon 5, plot 24, in the Cruz del Castillo area and next to the A-IV highway. The decision was adopted by the municipal Plenary in an ordinary session on October 28, 2026, unanimously, and is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba number 219, dated November 12, 2026, in section VI of Local Administration (reference BOP-A-2026-3706, pages 16146 to 16148).

The certification of the agreement is signed by the general secretary, Juan Luque Ruano, with the approval of the mayor-president, Jesús Morales Molina. The file is processed under code GEX 436/2026 and is based on article 22 of Law 7/1985, of April 2, regulating the Bases of the Local Regime, and article 22 of Law 7/2021, of December 1, for the Promotion of Territorial Sustainability of Andalusia (LISTA), together with articles 30 to 35 of Decree 550/2022, of November 29.

Exemption from the 500 and 250 meter minimums

The plenary pronouncement expressly recognizes that the installation does not comply with the minimum distance parameters to the urban center, set at 500 meters, and to other buildings, established at 250 meters. The agreement is supported by article 43 of the provincial regulations, which allows for a justified exemption from the particular conditions of installation and separation from boundaries and occupation, provided that the isolated nature of the installation is ensured and there is no possibility of the formation of new settlements.

The file incorporates the favorable technical-legal report from the SAU Alto Guadalquivir, dated May 18, 2026, and the legal report from the Municipal Urban Planning Service, dated June 5, 2026. Regarding sectoral matters, a pronouncement was only received from the Provincial Delegation of the Environment.

A 60,000-liter tank next to the A-IV

The promoters are Antonio Luis Díaz Zamora and Ana María Chamorro Cabezas, and the project was drafted by the industrial technical engineer Cipriano Valcárcel Valcárcel. The characteristics detailed in the agreement are as follows:

• Location: Polygon 5, plot 24, Cruz del Castillo, in the municipality of Villa del Río (Córdoba), at kilometer point 350+200 of the A-IV.
• Cadastral reference: 14066A005000240000YU.
• UTM coordinates of the centroid: X 386.040, Y 4.205.030.
• Installation: unattended regime, with change of depository.
• Storage capacity: one 60,000-liter tank partitioned into 40,000 and 20,000 liters, for diesel A and 95 gasoline.
• Supply: two four-hose dispensing units.

Twenty days of public exhibition without allegations

The procedure was initiated by Mayoral Decree 857/2026, dated June 6, 2026, which opened a twenty-day public exhibition period via an announcement in the Official Gazette of the Province and on the Municipal Notice Board, with individualized notification to the owners of lands adjacent to the project area. According to the certification, no allegations or claims were filed.

The plenary agreement also includes a warning to the developer regarding the obligations assumed:

• Comply with the legal duties of the rural land regime.
• Maintain the link between the buildings and the uses that justify the authorization, and return the land to its natural state in the cases provided for in the regulations.
• Pay the compensatory benefit for rural land, in accordance with article 22.5 of the regional law.
• Request the urban planning license within a maximum period of one year from the resolution of the prior authorization procedure, the expiration of which determines the lapse of the authorization.

The agreement will be notified to the interested parties and published in the Official Gazette of the Province and on the municipal web portal, where the approved project will also be disseminated.

The authorization directly affects the owners of the adjacent plots and the neighbors in the surroundings of the A-IV, who were already notified during the public information period and who now see the Plenary enable a facility of this type despite not meeting the minimum distances generally required, an exception that the regulations reserve for justified cases and without risk of new settlements on rural land.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Córdoba, No. 219, November 12, 2026, Section VI - Local Administration, pp. 16146-16148 (official reference: BOP-A-2026-3706).