What exactly is on display?

The whole file 1140/2020-1 on Mogán's Plan General de Ordenación (BOC-A-2026-193-3346).

Why a second inspection?

Because 2,380 of 2,476 submissions were accepted in full or in part and the model had changed substantially.

Does the 75 percent cover the whole town?

No, only the new development areas, not the existing stock.

Do I have to live in Mogán?

No. The notice admits all who consider themselves interested.

When does the plan become final?

The notice does not say; no date has been published.

75% protected housing in Mogán's new general plan

75 percent protected housing: Mogán's new general plan locks in around 3,000 subsidised homes

Mogán, in the south-west of Gran Canaria, has put its new general plan out for inspection again. Three quarters of the residential floorspace in the new development areas is reserved for protected housing – room for about 3,000 homes, and 100 percent in four sectors. The statutory minimum is 40 percent. We read the official notice and counted the objection period: it closes on 1 December, not 30 November.

26 September 2026 · By Martin Kosinski · 5 Min. · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

What is on display: the whole file

What the gazette carries is not a new plan but a new attempt. According to the notice, on 4 September 2026 the council "took cognisance" of the urban model as proposed in the Plan General after the first inspection, and puts the file back on display. Anyone who considers themselves an interested party may examine it and "submit what serves their rights" – the whole file, not just the model. According to eldiario.es/Canarias Ahora of 5 September, the second round follows a motion by Nueva Canarias: the council was to adopt the altered model formally first, to avoid a defect that could bring the plan down in court. The vote was unanimous.

Why 75 percent is a high number

Since housing act 12/2023, article 20.1.b of the Spanish land act requires at least 40 percent of residential buildability in new urbanisation, 20 percent on urbanised land being redeveloped. Mogán sets 75 percent, close to double, and 100 percent in four sectors; the plan replaces the Normas Subsidiarias of 1987. The municipality has more registered tourist beds than residents – 132.1 per 100, third in the Canaries. For Puerto Rico, Amadores and Playa del Cura the plan provides for mixed use with 30 to 85 percent tourist buildability. That a reserve on paper does not automatically produce homes showed in August: the tender for 202 affordable homes in Motor Grande drew no bid for the second time (Canarias7, 19 August 2026).

Counted out: the deadline falls on 1 December

Canarias7 and Maspalomas Ahora wrote on 25 September that the period runs "until 30 November". We get one working day more: under article 30.3 of Ley 39/2015 a period in days starts on the day after publication, and under article 30.2 Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays do not count. The first counting day is therefore Monday 28 September.

The count can be checked month by month. September: 3 working days (28th, 29th, 30th). October 2026 has 22 weekdays, of which 12 October drops out as the national holiday – and in 2026 that is a Monday, not a Sunday, so it really does cost a day: 21. November has 21 weekdays, of which 2 November drops out because All Saints moves from Sunday 1 November to the Monday (Decree 61/2025): 20. Total 3 + 21 + 20 = 44 days to Monday 30 November. Day 45 is Tuesday 1 December 2026.

Who has which cut-off

Under article 30.6 of Ley 39/2015 a day does not count if it is a holiday in the interested party's municipality but not at the seat of the deciding body – or the other way round. The body is Mogán, whose 2026 local holidays (6 April, 16 July) fall outside the window; but anyone interested is admitted. Under the order on Canary local holidays for 2026 (BOC-A-2025-165-3029), for 20 municipalities the period closes only on Wednesday 2 December 2026 – Tazacorte, San Miguel de Abona and Valsequillo (29.9.), the six municipalities of La Gomera and Arona (5.10.), Barlovento, Breña Baja and Puerto del Rosario (7.10.), Tuineje (13.10.), El Tanque (19.10.), Santa Úrsula (21.10.), Buenavista del Norte (26.10.), Telde (17.11.), Tacoronte (25.11.) and San Andrés y Sauces (30.11.). For all the rest it remains 1 December.

Support and objection

The inspection itself is not contested: the council voted for it unanimously (Canarias7, eldiario.es). The municipality gives the aim as "responding to the needs of Mogán, especially for young people and families" (Maspalomas Plus, 4 September 2026). Juan Manuel Gabella, spokesman for Nueva Canarias-Bloque Canarista, said: "What matters is not who is right, but that the general plan is processed with every safeguard" (eldiario.es, 5 September 2026); in August he called the public-private housing model "a failure announced in advance" (Canarias7, 19 August 2026).

The tourism industry has spoken on the question of uses, though on the Canary law reform rather than on Mogán: the associations FEHT, Ashotel, Asofuer and Asolan warned on 21 September 2026 against "a general liberalisation of residential use inside tourist complexes", pricing it, on a Tides study at the University of Las Palmas, at 3.586 billion euros in annual turnover, 943 million euros in tax and 88,000 jobs (eldiario.es and La Gaceta de Canarias). No Mogán business association has commented publicly on this plan.