On 27 August 2025, the Governing Council of the Community of Madrid definitively approved the amendment to the General Urban Development Plan of Madrid (hereinafter, “PGOU”), which was published in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid (BOCM) on 22 September of the same year. The RESIDE Plan replaces the 2019 Special Lodging Plan (PEH), substituting the former three (3) ring division with a territorial structure consisting of two (2) large areas: (i) the Specific Planning Area APE 00.01 “Historic Centre” and (ii) the rest of the city outside APE 00.01, where lodging uses remain allowed but subject to stricter conditions.
The regulation of tertiary lodging use within the Historic Centre is structured according to the levels of uses assigned to each plot (A, B, C, D and E) and the existing primary use of the building (residential or non-residential).
- Plots with existing non-residential use (levels A, B, C or D):
Lodging use is permitted as an alternative use in stand-alone buildings, requiring a Special Protection Plan when the building is listed with protection level 1 or 2. It may also be implemented as a complementary use in any situation for levels A and B, and only on upper floors for levels C and D. - Plots with existing residential use (levels A and B):
Lodging use is permitted exclusively in buildings listed with protection level 3, and only under the modality of tourist accommodation dwellings. The authorisation is limited to a period of fifteen (15) years, after which the property must return to residential use. In buildings listed with levels 1 or 2, implementation requires a Special Protection Plan as an authorisable use. In vacant plots or non-listed buildings, lodging use is prohibited. - Plots with existing residential use (levels C and D):
The introduction of tertiary lodging use is permitted as an alternative use, with the obligation to process a Special Plan if the building has protection level 1 or 2. - Plots with use level E:
In this level, which is associated with single-family housing, tertiary lodging use is not permitted under any circumstances.
Outside APE 00.01, the introduction of lodging use is governed by the specific zoning regulations and municipal ordinances applicable to each area. However, the RESIDE Plan introduces significant new provisions:
- In mixed-use buildings, lodging establishments must have independent access from the exterior, including on the ground floor, avoiding the use of residential common areas (Articles 6.6.18, 6.9.3, 7.1.4 of the PGOU).
- In the API zones, in buildings where residential use is predominant, lodging use may only be introduced as a complementary use on basement, ground, and first floors. On land zoned for residential use with a single-family typology, tertiary lodging use will be deemed an authorisable use. On land zoned for residential use in multi-family buildings, tertiary lodging use will be considered an alternative use to residential use.
• In Zoning Regulation 1, tertiary lodging use is allowed as a complementary use on basement, ground, and first floors, provided that the plot lies outside APE 00.01, and also as an alternative use in levels B, C and D located outside that area.
• In Zoning Regulation 3, the possibility of introducing tertiary lodging as a complementary use on upper floors for levels B and C is eliminated.
• In Zoning Regulations 4 and 5, the implementation of tertiary lodging as a complementary use is restricted exclusively to basement, ground, and first floors.