Tourist licences in Javea, right now
Villas and houses on their own plot: Depends on your exact property
Apartments and homes in a community: Not admitting new tourist licences
Published in the Valencian regional gazette on 11 June 2026, in force until 11 June 2027.
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Tourist licence in Javea, Valencia region: what is possible right now.
As of 16 August 2026, Javea is apartments suspended until 11 june 2027; villas are outside the suspension. Whether your property qualifies comes down to the ICU, the urban compatibility certificate, and, in an apartment block, the community of owners vote.
Javea has suspended new compatibility reports for apartments across the whole municipality, by a council resolution of 28 May 2026 published in the regional gazette on 11 June 2026, for a stated period of one year. It therefore runs until 11 June 2027, or until the new plan is definitively approved, whichever comes first. Detached villas are expressly outside the suspension. That said, being outside the suspension is not the same as being automatically eligible: the town hall has held that the 1990 plan only contemplated tourist use for flats and apartments, so for a villa we check the specific position before you commit rather than assume a yes.
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Can my property in Javea get a licence?
By Juan Antonio Bertomeu Valles, lawyer, ICALI nº 4643
Javea is the clearest example on the coast of the villa versus apartment split: the suspension only covers apartments in buildings, so a detached villa can still apply while a flat two streets away cannot. Registered licences have fallen from 6,161 in August 2024 to 4,292 today, largely through the regional registry clean-up, which means real capacity is opening beneath the caps being drafted.
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 Javea 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 Javea town hall. While the suspension runs, compatibility certificates for apartments are not being issued, so for flats the realistic path is to prepare now and file when the new plan takes effect. For villas the certificate can be requested today.
4,292
Active tourist licences in Javea
Generalitat Valenciana open VUT registry (dadesobertes.gva.es), July 2026
The Javea 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.
A pattern we see in Javea: two owners, same street, opposite answers. The villa owner can apply today; the apartment owner must wait for the new plan or buy elsewhere. Owners who know this BEFORE buying make better decisions, which is why the free zone check exists. Our Denia office is fifteen minutes away.
Once you rent in Javea
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.
Javea tourist licence questions
Can I get a tourist licence for my villa in Javea?
Yes, in principle. The current suspension only covers apartments in buildings; detached villas are expressly excluded and can apply now. We confirm your exact plot in the free pre-check first.
My Javea property is an apartment. What are my options?
New licences for apartments are suspended until late 2026 while the new plan is approved. The plan would reopen apartments under per-zone caps. The smart move is to prepare the file now, including the community of owners agreement, so you can apply the moment the plan takes effect. We track it and tell you when.
Is Javea losing tourist licences?
The registry has been cleaned up: from 6,161 registered licences in August 2024 to 4,292 in July 2026. Inactive or non-compliant entries were removed. For serious owners this is good news, since capacity under the future caps is measured against real, active licences.
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 Javea 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 Javea 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.
- Calle Dr. Calatayud 39, 03724 Moraira (Alicante)
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