Tourist licence in El Campello, Valencia region: what is possible right now.
As of 27 August 2026, El Campello is open. the suspension was formally lifted in february 2026. Whether your property qualifies comes down to the ICU, the urban compatibility certificate, and, in an apartment block, the community of owners vote.
There is no suspension in El Campello today, and that is now on the record. The town suspended compatibility reports for tourist use from 8 November 2024, covering apartment blocks and also terraced houses and bungalows whenever they had shared areas or horizontal division. A detached house on its own plot was never inside it. The council voted an extension in autumn 2025, but that extension was never published in any official gazette, so it never took effect, and what did get published was the opposite: a formal lifting of the suspension, in the regional gazette on 2 February 2026. So every property type in El Campello can apply for the town hall compatibility certificate today. What we will not pretend is that applying guarantees a favourable answer: see below.
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Can my property in El Campello get a licence?
By Juan Antonio Bertomeu Valles, lawyer, ICALI nº 4643
El Campello is open again, and here is the part that matters more than the reopening. Since the 2024 regional decree, a town hall can only issue a FAVOURABLE compatibility report for tourist use where its own planning is zoned and makes provision for these properties. El Campello has not approved that zoning or a tourist-use ordinance yet, only the instruction to draft one. So the answer for your property depends on the planning that applies to your exact plot: its dominant use, its classification, and the legal set-up of your community. That is a real check, not a form, and it is what we do before you commit to anything.
Two things decide it. First, the ICU, the urban compatibility certificate, the town hall document confirming your property may be used for tourist rental. Second, in an apartment block, the agreement of the owners community, which under Ley Organica 1/2025 a new tourist licence now needs. Once both are in place, we register your property and you receive your VT number, the regional Valencian tourist licence reference, format VT followed by six digits and a letter. There is no national registry number.
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The ICU step at El Campello town hall
The ICU is the bottleneck. It typically takes 1 to 3 months, and everything else depends on it, so we start it first and manage it for you.
- Municipal ICU fee
- Not published online by the town hall; we confirm the exact fee in writing at your free pre-check
- Typical timeline
- No published deadline (the general administrative rule is 3 months)
- How it is filed
- Filed with El Campello town hall through its electronic office. The town hall does not publish the fee for this certificate online, so we confirm the exact amount in writing at your free pre-check rather than quote you a number we cannot source.
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Active tourist licences in El Campello
Generalitat Valenciana open VUT registry (dadesobertes.gva.es), July 2026
The El Campello licence is a fixed-price service at 599 euros total for a villa, 699 euros for an apartment, VAT included. You upload your documents and we handle the whole licence, reviewed by the lawyer and the tax advisor, and you only sign. Official fees are charged separately.
El Campello sits just north of Alicante city, and many non resident owners here hold flats near the seafront, exactly the typology the suspension covers. We check the legal nature of your property first, because a terraced house without shared elements can often apply while the apartment next door cannot.
Once you rent in El Campello
By Daniel Bertomeu, lawyer and tax advisor, AEDAF nº 06838
When you rent your property you must file Modelo 210, the annual non-resident income tax return on your rental income. It is a compliance step, not an extra, and our tax advisor handles it for you at the ordinary price, never dearer for being our client. Separately, when your five year renewal comes round, preparing it is work we do for you.
El Campello tourist licence questions
Can I get a tourist licence for my villa in El Campello?
Yes, you can apply. A detached house on its own plot was never covered by the old suspension, and since February 2026 there is no suspension at all. The honest caveat is the same for every property type here: applying is one thing, a favourable answer is another, and in El Campello that depends on the planning for your exact plot because the town has not yet zoned for tourist use. We check that before you commit.
My El Campello property is a flat. What are my options?
Better than they were. Flats in blocks were the ones the 2024 suspension hit hardest, and that suspension was formally lifted in the regional gazette on 2 February 2026, so you can apply now. You will still need your community of owners agreement, and the town hall answer will depend on the planning for your building. Those are the two real gates, and we handle both.
What about a bungalow?
A bungalow can apply today like everything else. The distinction that used to decide everything here, whether it had shared communal areas or sat under horizontal division, is what put it inside or outside the old suspension. That suspension is gone, but the same legal detail still shapes what your community can and cannot agree, so we look at it anyway.
Do I need to be in Spain or have a digital certificate?
You do not need to sort out a Spanish digital certificate yourself: we issue you one as part of the service, and it is included in the price. Identification is currently in person at our Moraira or Denia office, and remote identification for non residents is expected shortly. Once you have it, you authorise us electronically and we file everything on your behalf.
Will I get a national registry number for my El Campello licence?
No. Following STS 620/2026 of 19 May 2026 the single national registry was annulled. The valid number is the regional one, your VT number, format VT followed by six digits and a letter.
What does the El Campello licence cost?
You start with a 150 euros document review, which gives you a firm written answer on whether your property qualifies. If it does, the Complete service is 599 euros in total for a villa or independent house, and 699 euros in total for an apartment, townhouse or any property inside a community of owners, because there we also handle the three fifths community vote. The 150 euros comes off in full, so 449 euros or 549 euros remains. Every figure includes VAT. Official fees charged by the town hall and the regional government are always separate and passed through at cost. Complex cases are quoted individually in your written answer. Your annual Modelo 210 tax return is a separate service at the ordinary price: you pay the same for it as anybody else does.
Real people, two real offices
Juan Bertomeu, lawyer, ICALI nº 4643, practising since 1991. Daniel Bertomeu, lawyer and tax advisor, AEDAF nº 06838. We work with non-resident owners every day and file for you by power of attorney.
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