Tourist housing leave at Communitat Valenciana (guide 2026)

What's VUT license in Valencia

In the Communat Valenciana there is no "license" in a strict sense: what enables activity declaration of discharge (call Self-registration) at Tourist registration of the Valencia Community. Once submitted and validated, the housing gets a registration number that should appear throughout advertising. Without that number, the tourist rental is illegal and platforms withdraw the announcement.

The great change of the last few years is profound: the Communitat Valenciana exceeded the 100.000 tourist housing in July of 2024 with a very high in the previous decade (figure from the Tourism Register). The Decree-Law 9 / 2024 was born To put an end to that growth and fight illicit supply. Since then, The procedure was more demanding and, above all, dependent on the town council.

Policy framework: the four layers that affect you

Any owner at the Valencia Community moves today into four normative layers that The following should be clear:

• Act 15 / 2018 of June 7 of tourism, leisure and hospitality of the Community Valencia. The framework rule defining tourist accommodation and the The Commission and its Member States shall notify them accordingly and shall notify them accordingly.
• 10 / 2021 Decree of 22 of January, of the Consell, approving Regulation regulating tourist accommodation (8 DOGV February 2021). Unify all the arrangements for housing and regulating the material requirements of the TSO (Annex III), equipment, classification and registration procedure.
• Decreto- 9 / 2024 law of 2 of August, of the Consell, amending Regulation of housing for tourist use (DOGV of 7 of August 2024, at effect from 8 August 2024). Enter the most important changes we have detailed down.
• Common state law: the register of passengers of SES.HOSPEDAJES (RD) 933 / 2021) and the reform of the Horizontal Property Act by Organization Act 1 / 2025. The single state registry (NRA / NRUA) of Real Decreto 1312/2024 was annulled by the Supreme Court (STS 620 / 2026) in May of 2026 and is no longer enforceable. We have more details.

Qué cambió el Decreto-ley 9/2024: las novedades clave

Those are the substantial changes that have been introduced by the Decreto- law 9 / 2024 and that owner should know before processing:

1. Municipal report of required urban compatibility. To To register a VUT we have to provide the town report of urban compatibility tourist use favourable (or equivalent document). It's the decisive filter: moved To town hall the last word about whether this concrete housing can be tourist.
2. Registration valid for five years. The registration is no longer indefinite. He cates at age five and should be renewed by submitting a new responsible statement with an up-to-date and favourable urban compatibility report.
3. A unique and individualised cadastral reference. The housing should have a its own cadastral reference reflecting the physical, economic and legal reality of Building. The registered VUTS had to report them before 31's December 2024.
4. New cause of retirement. Filling activity for more than a year, notify the cadastral reference in time or do not renew registration lead to a decline of Record. During 2025 the Generalitat gave up more than 18.000 housing for data incorrect or absent essentials.
5. Advertising with location and registration number. All VUT should be included in their advertising the exact location and number of registration with the Tourist Register.

Material housing requirements

Decree 10 / 2021 lays down minimum design, quality, safety and equipment requirements. The most relevant for a standard VUT:

• Retirement (habitability card or employment license) and unique and individualised cadastral reference.
• Minimum and complete equipment and furniture: The housing has to be delivered furnished and equipped for immediate use (kitchen, toilet, bed linen, etc).
• Refrigeration and heating According to the declared operating season.
• Civil liability insurance or other equivalent collateral covering damage from activity.
• Distinctive / Identification plate: The tourist housing characteristic with registration number and logo of the Valencia Community should be shown at entrance or inside.
• Claims sheet and information about services available to the guest.

The specific equipment requirements vary by category and can be Be updated. Before matching, Annex III to Decree 10 / 2021 should be revised.

The single state registry (NRA / NRUA): annulled by the Supreme Court

The Real Decreto 1312/2024, de 23 de diciembre, created a single state registry (NRA / NRUA) and Unified Digital Loan Window, operational from 1 July 2025. but the Supreme Court decision 620 / 2026 of 19 of May 2026and Commission decision (invades competition) ): no longer enforceable. We have been told about this in depth in the guide to tourist rental registration number (NRUA). The keys to 2026:

• The valid identifier is registration with the Tourist Register of the Valencia CommunityThat was always the decisive record.
• The platforms (Airbnb, Booking, VRBO) are still required to require a valid registration number - today the automa - and to withdraw them from place of their own free production, as Reglamento (UE) 2024/1028.
• The overlapping state cape has been lost and the autonomous phase remains without an additional state procedure to be announced.

To this we have added SES.HOSPEDAJES (Royal Decree 933 / 2021): an obligation to notify the Ministry of Internal Affairs of information about the passengers of each stay. And, at horizontal property, LpH reform by Ley Orgánica 1/2025that from 3 April 2025 requires explicit community agreement by majority of 3 / 5 for place a flat for tourist use.

Zone restrictions: where they are and where they are barely

Since the report of urban compatibility is expressed by each town hall, the true map of VUT in the Valencia Communitat es Municipal. Reg. May of 2026:

València town: very restrictive

València aprobó una moratoria de nuevas licencias en mayo de 2024 y, el 31 de marzo de 2026, el Pleno aprobó un permanent regime of saturation limits for all districts: up to 2% housing by neighborhood may be intended for and a top of 15% of tourist accommodation about the place Ground floor of every apple. In April of 2026 the TSJ of the Valencia Community partially nullifying the moratorium from malconduct, leading to some challenges and forces to check the actual status of each plot before investing.

(Alicante, Benidorm, Calp, Denia, Gandia, Castellón coast)

A very high and generally high tourist demand and orders that accept the VUT, but with more conditioning in saturated urban helmets. The report of urban compatibility remains the filter: there are specific neighborhoods and buildings where the town can That's good. Always check the plot.

Internal and small municipalities

In municipalities of the interior of Valencia, Alicante and Castellón with less tourist pressure, urban compatibility report is often advanced and procedure more predictable. That's where today there's less friction for a new VUT.

Each town council can review its ordenance and its criterion of urban compatibility at Any time. Before housing is equipped, she requests and confirms its meaning.

How much it costs to get the VUT license out of the Valencia Community

The autoregistration does not have an important rate. The actual costs are indirect (figure):

• Urban compatibility report: Municipal rate variable as ordered by each town.
• Civil liability insurance approx. 100-250 € every year.
• Housing and employment leave number: 50-150 € si hay que tramitarla.
• Energy certificate: 60-150 €.
• Minimum housing equipment: 0 € (si ya está equipada) a 5.000 € (equipamiento completo desde cero).
• State single register: ninguno; el NRA/NRUA fue anulado por el Tribunal Supremo en mayo de 2026 y ya no se tramita ni devenga tasa.
• Management fees (if supported): 250-600 € only once.

In guaranteed rental model or comprehensive management with Bliss Homes, these costs are assumed or He manages Bliss and the owner doesn't advance his paperwork.

Common errors that delay or overthrow registration

1. Filling housing before we have an urban report. That's the mistake more expensive. If the town doesn't issue a favourable report, registration cannot be found but Home be perfect. First and foremost call for an urban compatibility report.
2. Unindividualised or incorrect cadastral reference. It was the cause of Most more 18.000 low 2025. The reference should be unique and reflect reality of the building.
3. Olvidar que la inscripción caduca a los 5 años. Con el Decreto-ley 9/2024 hay que renovar con un nuevo informe urbanístico favorable. Quien no renueva, causa baja.
4. Do not have an agreement with the owners community. Since April 2025 (LO 1 / 2025), a flat with a horizontal property cannot operate as VUT without an explicit agreement of community by majority of 3 / 5.
5. To invest in València without checking the area's share. Con el régimen de saturación (tope del 2% por barrio) y la litigiosidad de la moratoria, hay que confirmar la parcela concreta antes de comprometer dinero.
6. Announcing without registration number. La publicidad debe incluir el número del Registro de Turismo de la Comunitat Valenciana: tras la anulación del registro único estatal, es el identificador que las plataformas siguen obligadas a exigir (Reglamento UE 2024/1028). Sin él, retiran el anuncio.

If you don't want to deal with the procedure: Bliss helps you

The VUT regime in Valencia has become more demanding: compatibility report compulsory urban planning, registration expiring at age five, cadastral reference Impeccable, saturation restrictions at València and two state searches above. Many owners prefer to outsource them whole.

At Bliss Homes we figure this out for you with two models:

• guaranteed rental (rent to rent): sign a lease with monthly fixed income, we process registration and urban report, we have housing and we operate rental tourist, all at our cost. Cobra's as bad as that. busy or empty.
• Comprehensive management: you maintain property and reserve income, and we care about everything (license, channels, cleanup, guest care) in exchange from a commission about billing.

We also market all channels and our direct channel Tudesvío (commission of 10%, versus 15-18% from OTAs)so that the net profitability is higher.

If you have a good understanding of the model, read complete rental guide guaranteed or the details of how rental to works step by step rent. For the state context, review the VUT regulations in Spain. And if your place's at another place community, look at the sister guides:

• Remove VUT license from Andalucía
• Take out the VUT license at Castilla.
• To remove the VUT license in the Community of Madrid
• Remove VUT license from Balearic Islands
• Granted rental in Valencia
• Granted rental in Alicante
• guaranteed rental in Benidorm

Hector Clarke

Fundador de Bliss Homes. Operamos viviendas turísticas en 8 comunidades autónomas —pisos, casas rurales y un edificio completo en Toledo—, seis de ellos alquilados con nuestro propio dinero. Meet the team →