The Servei d’Assessoria Tècnico-Jurídica of the Direcció General d’Urbanisme (Government of Catalonia) responds to the Municipality of Pratdip on the possibility of replacing the notarized deed of transfer with an occupation act, given the absence of the developer Francisco Lebasque.
1) Nature of the document
- Technical-legal opinion from the Direcció General d’Urbanisme (Government of Catalonia).
- Recipient: Municipality of Pratdip.
- Subject: validity of an occupation act as a substitute for the notarized deed of transfer, due to the developer’s failure to appear.
2) Administrative context
- 07/23/1986: the Comissió d’Urbanisme de Tarragona orders the transfer of public property (3-month deadline).
- 12/27/1986: edict published in the BOP of Tarragona No. 295 to notify the untraceable developer.
- 01/17/1987: the municipality informs the Commission of the impossibility of locating F. Lebasque and mentions the occupation.
- 05/19/1987: this opinion from the Direcció General d’Urbanisme.
3) Position of the Government of Catalonia (05/19/1987)
- The occupation act can justify the transfer, but is not sufficient on its own.
- It is recommended to obtain a certificate from the Property Registry confirming the impossibility of recording a formal transfer.
- A title of acquisition must be submitted for registration, if necessary via a special procedure.
- The developer must have been officially notified (edict) with a threat of subsidiary enforcement in case of absence.
- In the event of failure to appear, the Public Prosecutor’s Office should be involved to represent the absent developer, similar to a forced expropriation.
4) Scope and analysis
- The Government of Catalonia outlined a legal path to recover public land without the developer’s cooperation.
- Regularization requires subsidiary enforcement: occupation act, publication in the BOP, and involvement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
- No legal impossibility is identified; the blockage lies not in the law but in administrative implementation.
5) Key points
- The occupation act is admissible to formalize the transfer, under certain conditions.
- Essential: registry certificate, attempt at registration, edicts with threat of enforcement, involvement of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
- The municipality had all the tools to incorporate the public property of Planes del Rei into the municipal domain.
Document
1987-05-19-courrier-direction-urbanisme-mairie-accord-cession
