Dénia community approves 15 tourist licences and automates future applications

90 properties with tourist use

The owners' assembly of a development on Camí del Llavador in Les Marines, Dénia, approved 15 new tourist housing licences in one go, according to La Marina Plaza. With this addition, the total number of properties with tourist use in the complex rises to 90, which represents 35% of the total, according to the same source.

Automatic approval of future applications

The same assembly decided that from now on, new applications for tourist licences will be automatically approved, without the need for individual voting, according to La Marina Plaza. The only requirement that will be imposed on owners with tourist licences is to register tenants on the official computer platform of the Interior Ministry, according to the same source.

The vote

According to the assembly minutes, cited by La Marina Plaza, 20% of owners attended (46 votes) and 46% were represented (66 votes). The vote on the 15 new licences recorded 61 votes in favour, 29 against and 14 abstentions.

A proposal to increase the common expenses fee by 20 euros for owners with tourist licences obtained 36 votes in favour, but was rejected by simple majority, according to La Marina Plaza.

Background to the development

According to La Marina Plaza, tourist rentals in the development typically last between four and ten days, with an average of four occupants, and permanent residents rarely exceed 25% of the total owners. The same source points out that the quota-based representation system allows some assembly attendees to accumulate up to twelve votes, and notes that owners' communities in Les Marines, Dénia rarely block or prohibit tourist licences, despite having that authority.