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Holiday Rental Inspection Deadlines Have Passed, and Nobody Knows Who Complied
Cabildos and town halls had until June and August 2026 to approve their holiday rental inspection plans. What the law says, what is known about Fuerteventura and what it means for owners.
Law 6/2025 on holiday rental homes (vivienda vacacional) does not only impose obligations on owners. It also set deadlines for the authorities to check compliance. Those deadlines have now passed. The awkward question is whether the Cabildos (island councils) and town halls did what the law required. And, in Fuerteventura's case, there is no public answer.
The deadlines the law set for the authorities
The second additional provision of Law 6/2025 required:
| Authority | What it had to approve | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Cabildos | A plan to check all declaraciones responsables filed before 13 December 2025 | 13 June 2026 |
| Town halls | A plan to check and inspect the classified activities of all holiday rental homes | 13 August 2026 |
Both plans last a maximum of four years. The Cabildos may charge fees for the checks. And if an authority lacks resources, Law 7/2026 lets it ask the Cabildo or the Canary Islands Government for help.
What the press says: "the town halls are closing in"
In mid-August, Canarias7 reported that the town halls' deadline had ended on 13 August and that, lacking concrete data from the 88 municipalities, it was understood that all of them had completed their plan. That is an estimate, not a municipality-by-municipality confirmation.
The same report gives some concrete data:
- No town hall had asked the Tourism Department for the template model to draft the plan.
- La Candelaria approved its plan in May 2026.
- La Laguna completed the process: of 1,179 homes on the General Tourism Register, almost 93 % lack the prior notification of classified activity and only 86 had gone through the procedure.
That last figure is the one that should worry an owner most: in one municipality, more than nine out of ten holiday rental homes had not resolved the procedure the law now requires of them.
The background that explains it
The problem is not new. In November 2025 the Canary Islands Government maintained that classified activity had been mandatory since Decree 113/2015, although in practice it was hardly ever required. The new law tries to correct that with control plans and a regularisation route.
Hence the controversy: is it fair to demand from owners now a procedure that, for years, almost nobody required, not even the town halls themselves?
The controversy
There are conflicting readings.
- The Canary Islands Government argues the obligation existed and that the new law offers a regularisation route, the prior notification until 31 July 2027.
- The ASCAV association, which represents owners, rejects that prior notification and considers it impossible to comply with. According to the association itself, the CNMC (Spain's competition authority) calls it an "unnecessary burden". That is ASCAV's claim, not a statement we have been able to verify.
- The authorities themselves have not publicly explained how they will carry out the plans with the resources they have. The law provides for agreements and delegations when resources are lacking, but that does not guarantee there will be inspectors.
What is known about Fuerteventura
Little, and it is worth saying so clearly. We have found no public confirmation that the Cabildo of Fuerteventura or the island's town halls have approved their plan. Nor that they have not. If you have reliable information, we would like to hear it.
What there are, are figures on the supply:
- The General Tourism Register counted in July 2026, according to the Director General of Tourism Planning, 10,058 holiday rental homes in operation in Fuerteventura, with 41,244 places.
- The INE (Spain's national statistics institute), according to Canarias7 (August 2026), put the supply at 7,116 homes and about 30,000 places.
The two figures come from different sources and do not match. Both are relevant to grasp the scale of the checking work ahead.
There is also a sign that inspection is already real: the Canary Islands Police inspect holiday rental homes on the island, with documentation requests on very short deadlines.
Does this change anything for owners?
Yes, in practical terms, and in the opposite direction to what some might think.
- The owners' deadline has not changed. If you have a declaración responsable but did not file the prior notification, your deadline is 31 July 2027.
- The authority missing its own deadlines does not release you. The owner's obligation exists regardless of whether the town hall has approved its plan.
- The plans now have four years to run. Inspectors can come knocking at any time in that period.
- A home without paperwork is an exposed home. In an inspection, what is asked for is documentation.
What to do now
- Check whether you filed the prior notification of classified activity.
- If you did not, prepare the municipal certificate and the technical report in good time (we explain it step by step).
- Keep the home's documentation at hand in case you receive a request.
At FuerteProyecto we help you arrive with your papers in order
We prepare the technical report on classified activity for your holiday rental home in Fuerteventura.
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