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A favourable report from your town hall
The town hall must confirm that tourist use is compatible with the planning rules for your address. A favourable report does not replace any other licence the property needs.
Do you want to let your Spanish home to tourists? In the Valencian Community, letting a whole home for 10 days or less needs registration with the regional tourism register and a favourable report from your town hall. Your council or your community of owners can say no, so check before you spend money on a rental or on a purchase.
Sol-4 Gestión checks the rules for your property, prepares the paperwork and tells you where you stand, in English.
You will see Spanish terms along the way: declaración responsable (a sworn declaration you file online), informe de compatibilidad urbanística (the town hall's report on whether tourist use is allowed at that address) and Registro de Turismo (the regional tourism register).
The town hall must confirm that tourist use is compatible with the planning rules for your address. A favourable report does not replace any other licence the property needs.
Councils can limit the number of tourist homes by area or by building, using objective criteria. Some have frozen new ones. Alicante city, for example, has had a two-year suspension on new tourist licences since early 2025. Rules differ council by council, so we ask your town hall first.
In a building with a community of owners, the community can approve, limit, condition or prohibit tourist rentals. That decision needs the votes of three fifths of the owners, who must also hold three fifths of the ownership shares. This rule has applied since 3 April 2025. We read your community's statutes and minutes before you apply.
The declaration and the rental contracts must carry the single cadastral reference of the property.
Valencian rules set minimum quality, safety and accessibility standards, including liability insurance and house rules for guests.
You file the declaración responsable online and receive a registration number. It is valid for five years, then it must be renewed. The number must appear in your advertising.
Rent from a Spanish property is taxable in Spain. If you live outside Spain, you declare it on the non-resident return (Modelo 210). If you live in the EU, Iceland or Norway, you can deduct expenses directly linked to the Spanish income. If you live elsewhere, you declare the gross rent. If you offer hotel-type services such as cleaning or laundry, the tax treatment can change, so tell us what you provide. See non-resident tax in Spain.
A listing that says "tourist licence included" is not proof. Do not assume the registration passes to you automatically. A change of holder must be notified to the tourism authority, and the registration must still be valid. Before you sign, we check the register, the town hall report and the community's rules, together with the urban legal checks we run on every purchase. See also buying property in Spain.
Renting an existing home, or buying a home to rent.
Town hall position, community statutes and the cadastral data.
You get a clear answer before you spend on furniture, photos or a deposit.
The town hall report request and the declaración responsable, with your power of attorney if you cannot travel.
How to use the registration number, what to keep, when to renew.
The non-resident return for your rental income.
We have been here since 2001.
We know how town halls, notaries and communities of owners behave on the ground.
Mar Bascuñana is registered with the Orihuela Bar Association (ICAO).
The registration and the tax return are not handled by two firms that never speak.
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We quote after we have checked your address, because the work depends on your town hall and your building.
If you let the whole home for 10 days or less to the same guest, yes. In the Valencian Community that means a declaración responsable, a favourable town hall report and registration in the regional tourism register. Each town hall has its own position, so we check yours.
It can approve, limit, condition or prohibit tourist rentals in the building, with the votes of three fifths of the owners holding three fifths of the shares. Check the statutes and any past vote before you apply.
In May 2026 the Spanish Supreme Court annulled the national single registry of rentals. The regional registration number is the one that counts today. Rules in this area change, so we confirm the current position before you publish any listing.
Five years. You renew it with a new declaration, and a new favourable town hall report where required, before the period ends.
You can be sanctioned, and the owner can be held liable if they do not identify who runs the activity when the authority asks. Councils such as Alicante have opened sanction files and suspended activity in 2026. If you already let without registration, talk to us in confidence and we will tell you where you stand.
No. Tourist letting by the room is expressly forbidden in the Valencian Community.
Do not assume so. The change of holder must be notified, and the registration must still be valid. We check this before you sign.
Yes. The rent is taxable in Spain and declared on the non-resident return. The rate is 19% for residents of the EU, Iceland and Norway, with deductible expenses linked to the income, and 24% on the gross rent for residents elsewhere.
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