Overview
- The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid annulled the Plan Especial provisions that authorized independent tertiary and commercial uses, keeping the sports and public facilities elements in force.
- The court found the changes exceeded what a special plan can lawfully do and should have proceeded as a modification of the Plan General subject to strategic environmental assessment.
- The judgment stems from a private citizen’s appeal and orders retroaction of administrative steps, effectively freezing the planning for the Metropolitano area.
- According to the ruling and subsequent reports, the annulled provisions covered the large private retail complex envisioned next to the stadium on the ES-01 parcel designated for public facilities.
- City officials and Atlético de Madrid have 30 days to seek a Supreme Court appeal, while opposition figures such as PSOE-M’s Antonio Giraldo demanded political accountability for the failed approach.