Planning crimes in Ibiza: when illegal works become a criminal offence
The line between infringement and crime: the “non-authorisable” filter, the liable parties, demolition under 319.3 and the two clocks.
Ibiza planning law, explained with legal judgement
Licences, holiday rentals, rustic land, planning enforcement and coastal rules in Ibiza and Formentera, explained by lawyers who handle these files.
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- News Regulatory developments and news, with legal commentary.
- Holiday rentals ETV licences, zoning and penalties for tourist rentals.
- Buying property Planning risks when buying: due diligence, charges and completion.
- Coastal law Easements, boundary lines and activity on the maritime public domain.
- Planning enforcement Enforcement files, demolition orders, fines and restoration of legality.
- Licences and certificates Building and activity licences, declarations and habitability certificates.
- Rustic land Building, legalisation, plot division and out-of-planning homes.
Latest articles
- Holiday rentals
How to reduce a tourism fine in Ibiza: from 40% to 88%
Acknowledgement and early payment, assignment to social rental and the new rent-collecting route: the fine-reduction strategy, with its deadlines and waivers.
- Buying property
Buying a home in Ibiza: reservation, arras and deed without surprises
Reservation, penitential or confirmatory arras, the deed, the 3% withholding and registration: the mechanics of the purchase and where it is won or lost.
- Buying property
Taxes and costs of buying and selling property in Ibiza
What the buyer pays, what the buyer withholds, what the seller owes and the annual bill: Ibiza property taxation, with the Balearic bracketed scale.
- News
Sant Josep loses its provisional planning norms: the 1986 framework returns
The lapse of the provisional norms returns Sant Josep to its 1986 framework: effects on licences, holiday rentals and the future general plan.
- Licences and certificates
Vista Alegre (es Cubells): the development’s planning situation
The Vista Alegre conflict: why licences were granted, why they are now refused, what the draft plan proposes and what an owner can do.
- Rustic land
Building and legalising on rustic land in Ibiza (Law 7/2024)
The two realities of Ibiza's rustic land: restricted new builds and the Law 7/2024 legalisation window, with its tourist-use limit.
- Coastal law
Coastal easements in Ibiza: what you can do by the sea
Public domain, transit and the protection easement in Ibiza: widths, prohibitions, the regime for existing houses and buying on the front line.
- Planning enforcement
Demolition orders in Ibiza: what to do and which deadlines run
Demolition orders step by step: legalisation, LUIB time limits, coercive fines, subsidiary execution and defence.