Pratdip: new municipal taxes applicable from 2026

At the end of 2025, the Pratdip town council adopted several fiscal decisions that will come into force from 2026. These measures concern all residents and property owners in the municipality.

The information below comes from official publications.

Two fiscal decisions applicable from 2026

Waste tax: +€38 per year compared with the amount currently paid.
By way of example, this represents an increase of around +20% compared with the amount currently paid by some households.
The exact impact may nevertheless vary depending on each household’s situation.
Municipal tax on building works: increase of the rate from 3.04% to 3.5% of the total cost of the works.
Example: for €10,000 of works, the tax increases from €304 to €350, i.e. an increase of €46.
This is therefore an increase in an existing rate that has been in force for several years.

Official reference texts

The fiscal decisions mentioned above are based on official publications that can be consulted via the following links:

Waste tax – official decision
View the document

Municipal tax on building works – rate modification
View the document

Services already financed

Waste collection has been financed by residents for many years. The town council was already passing on the cost of this service and, from 2026, the bill will increase once again.

In Planas del Rey, this increase comes at a time when minimum municipal services are still not guaranteed.

Official publications and opposition deadlines

These decisions have been officially published. However, they can easily go unnoticed if one does not regularly consult the town council’s sede electrónica or the BOPT.

A period of one month was provided to lodge an objection. No specific information was communicated to residents in this regard.

Hence the importance of sharing this information so that everyone can be made aware of it

IdCAT: an important tool for residents

The IdCAT is the Catalan digital identity.

It allows users to:

access official documents (taxes, budgets, decisions),
be informed about administrative publications,
respond within the legal deadlines.

The procedure to obtain IdCAT is relatively time-consuming, but once obtained it is definitive and particularly useful.

Without IdCAT, many decisions may go unnoticed.

Update – 30 December 2025

Following the publication of this article, the Pratdip town council provided clarifications regarding the fiscal decisions mentioned.

Municipal tax on building works (ICIO) : the town council indicates that the 3.5 % rate has been in force since 2024 (3.04 % in 2023). The modification approved in 2025, with effect from 2026, is limited exclusively to the obligation to provide a deposit (fiança) for certain new construction licences, as well as to the update of the annexes used to calculate the taxable base when no budget is provided.

Waste tax : the town council indicates that no increase has been approved. The publication of 23 December 2025 was subject to an official rectification in the BOPT, this publication having been recognised as an errata and declared without legal effect. The applicable ordinance remains the one published on 30 October 2025.

These clarifications were communicated after the publication of the article, which was drafted on the basis of the official documents available at that time.