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font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5B4580\">Administrative<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 16px 32px\">\n<h1 id=\"titulo\" style=\"margin: 0; max-width: 860px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: clamp(40px, 4.6vw, 64px); line-height: 1.04; color: #2A2433\">Planning and building permits (licencias urban\u00edsticas)<\/h1>\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 1 1 100px; height: 2px; background: #C9B8E8\"><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"max-width: 780px; margin: 24px 0 18px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6; color: #3E3946\">Before building, renovating, converting commercial premises into a home or dividing a property, you must obtain a planning permit or file a prior notification with the City Council, depending on the type of works. In Catalonia this is governed by the Urban Planning Act and, in Barcelona, by the municipal works ordinance. We advise you on the application, on appeals against refusals and on planning enforcement proceedings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #5F5A66\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/ruizsogueroabogadas.com\/en\/equipo\/aida-elias-soguero\/\" style=\"font-weight: 600; color: #5B4580\">Aida Elias Soguero<\/a>, ICAB member no. 44021 \u00b7 Updated on 14 October 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"rs\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF\">\n<div style=\"max-width: 1200px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 56px clamp(20px, 4vw, 40px) 88px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 48px 64px; align-items: flex-start\">\n<article style=\"flex: 2 1 620px; min-width: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 52px\">\n\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.1; color: #2A2433\">In brief<\/h2>\n<dl style=\"margin: 0; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px; padding: 18px 20px 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<dt style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5B4580\">Who it is for<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5\">Owners, owners' associations, developers and businesses planning works, and anyone who has received a refusal or enforcement proceedings for unlicensed works.<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px; padding: 18px 20px 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<dt style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5B4580\">Where it is handled<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5\">At the local City Council. In Barcelona, online, under the municipal works procedures ordinance (Ordenanza reguladora de los procedimientos de intervenci\u00f3n municipal en las obras, ORPIMO).<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px; padding: 18px 20px 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<dt style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5B4580\">Permit validity<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5\">As set in the permit; if not set, one year to start the works and three to finish them, extendable by half if requested before they expire.<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex: 1 1 280px; padding: 18px 20px 18px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<dt style=\"font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #5B4580\">Fees<\/dt>\n<dd style=\"margin: 6px 0 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5\">We quote them in the first consultation (\u20ac40), with the option to pay in instalments.<\/dd>\n<\/div>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 18px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.1; color: #2A2433\">What it covers<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 14px\">\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>Prior permit for new buildings, renovations and demolitions requiring a technical project, plot divisions, change of use to residential and setting up a horizontal property regime, among others.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>Prior notification for works not requiring a technical project, first occupation of buildings, non-residential changes of use, walls and fences, among others.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>A prior notification allows you to proceed from the date it is filed, without prejudice to the Council's powers of verification and inspection.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>If the Council does not decide in time, the permit is deemed granted, except in cases such as new buildings requiring a technical project, and never contrary to planning law.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>Appeals against a refusal: reconsideration or, if a Barcelona district decided, hierarchical appeal (alzada), and an appeal to the administrative courts within two months.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>Defence in planning enforcement proceedings: stop-work orders, requests to legalise, demolition orders and penalties.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>These proceedings lapse if no decision is issued and notified within eighteen months.<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; width: 8px; height: 8px; margin-top: 9px; background: #9F86C9\"><\/span>The power to order restoration is time-barred after six years, except for public open spaces, roads and certain non-developable land, where there is no time limit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 22px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.1; color: #2A2433\">How we help you<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; display: flex; flex-direction: column\">\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 22px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 40px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1; color: #9F86C9\">1<\/span>\n<div><h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">We study the project<\/h3><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: #5F5A66\">We review with you and your architect or engineer which regime applies to the works, the applicable planning rules and whether a prior consultation with the Council is advisable.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 22px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 40px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1; color: #9F86C9\">2<\/span>\n<div><h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">We prepare the application<\/h3><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: #5F5A66\">We coordinate the technical and legal documents for the permit or notification and check for any constraints, such as heritage protection of the building.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 22px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 40px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1; color: #9F86C9\">3<\/span>\n<div><h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">Processing and representations<\/h3><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: #5F5A66\">We follow the file, respond to requests and hearings and, if there is a refusal or enforcement proceedings, file representations and appeals in time.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"display: flex; gap: 22px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7; border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<span aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"flex: 0 0 40px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 30px; line-height: 1; color: #9F86C9\">4<\/span>\n<div><h3 style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">Court proceedings<\/h3><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: #5F5A66\">If the administrative route fails, we consider with you an appeal to the administrative courts and, where appropriate, a request for interim measures.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 34px; line-height: 1.1; color: #2A2433\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<details open=\"open\" style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7; padding: 18px 0\">\n<summary style=\"display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 16px; min-height: 44px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">Do I need a permit to renovate my flat?<span class=\"rs-signo\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; color: #5B4580\"><\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65; color: #5F5A66\">It depends on the works. If building regulations require a technical project, you generally need a permit; otherwise a prior notification is usually enough. In Barcelona, the ordinance also distinguishes between immediate and deferred notifications. We review it with your architect or engineer.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7; padding: 18px 0\">\n<summary style=\"display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 16px; min-height: 44px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">The Council has not answered my permit application. Can I start the works?<span class=\"rs-signo\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; color: #5B4580\"><\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65; color: #5F5A66\">Do not do so without having the case reviewed. Silence counts as approval for many permits, but not for new buildings requiring a technical project or other legal exceptions, and it never covers works that breach planning rules.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #E4DFD7; padding: 18px 0\">\n<summary style=\"display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: center; gap: 16px; min-height: 44px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: 600\">I have received a stop-work order. What should I do?<span class=\"rs-signo\" aria-hidden=\"true\" style=\"font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; color: #5B4580\"><\/span><\/summary>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.65; color: #5F5A66\">You must comply immediately. You have fifteen days to make representations and, if the works are finished or the suspension is confirmed, you will be required to apply for legalisation within two months, unless they clearly cannot be legalised. If they are not legalised, demolition may be ordered.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 600; font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.1; color: #2A2433\">Legislation<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; border-top: 1px solid #E4DFD7\">\n<li style=\"padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #F0ECE6; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2010-13883\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #5B4580; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px\">Legislative Decree 1\/2010, consolidated text of the Catalan Urban Planning Act (arts. 12, 187 to 189, 199 to 207 and 227)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #F0ECE6; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boe.es\/buscar\/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-11723\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: #5B4580; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 3px\">Royal Legislative Decree 7\/2015, consolidated Land and Urban Regeneration Act (art. 11)<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding: 10px 0; 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