The Consell has delegated to the municipalities all the responsibility of regulating the activity of tourist rentals through the new Law of tourism, leisure and hospitality. The town halls must issue some essential compatibility city reports, according to the 65 article of the new regulations, so that a property is considered as "tourist housing" and can be registered in the tourism register. But these have not been informed, nor prepared about who, how, according to what criteria, they have to do it. In fact, the regional secretary of Tourism has begun this week a cycle of meetings with municipal technicians from all locations in the Valencian Community to clarify the controversy.
For CEDMA, it is shocking that an urban report of compatibility to the properties is required to be to be rented in the holiday market when they already have the certificate of habitability. However, at this time, no company or individual can get the required urban compatibility report and, consequently, it is impossible to register a property in the Tourism Registry. That is, by legal means, now you can not rent a house. Curious, since the Tourism Law, and, specifically, the section referring to housing, has been born with the noble, just and correct purpose of regulating activity, ending the underground economy and all the problems it causes in large cities . However, there are no large cities on the Costa Blanca, and more than 80% of overnight stays of tourists and visitors are made in homes since there are not enough hotel beds or campsites to cover the demand.
The Business Circle of the Marina Alta, the Alicante Province Home Rental Business Association (AEA) and the Costa Blanca Tourist Apartments Association (APTUR) have exposed these circumstances to the regional secretary, the general director and deputy director of Tourism, Francesc Colomer, Raquel Huete and Isabel Palafox, in a meeting held this week. The Consell has shown understanding and willingness. Colomer and his team even agreed to study a proposal: that the figure of a provisional tourist license for the properties be created so that they are temporarily registered until the file for preparing the urban compatibility report is closed. However, in the subsequent meetings held by the regional secretary in Benidorm, he has not made any reference to this possibility, nor to the meeting held with CEDMA, AEA and Aptur, representatives of the companies in the sector.
In view of the events, and given the seriousness of the situation, the Cercle, the AEA and APTUR will formally request and by all means the modification or repeal of the 65 article since it does not adapt to the current legal framework. And, at the same time, they will demand a moratorium of six months in the application of the problematic law to be able to continue with the activity while the Consell carries out the modifications in the regulations.
Cercle Empresarial de la Marina Alta (CEDMA)
Is there any news about it?
Denia already issues the urban compatibility reports?
Thank you
It is curious as always everything is suspended and you always want to make temporary licenses, while deciding to make decisions or regulate the sector that is what they would have to do. In this way everything remains in no man's land and everyone does what comes out of their noses. I do not know why they complain. It all depends on who you know in the consistory and I do you the favor and all these people are very well connected.