Overview

• The Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid annulled the December 2023 urban plan to build 443 cooperative apartments on the former Antonio Palacios coach houses site.
• Magistrates found the city council failed to present credible development alternatives and omitted a thorough environmental impact assessment.
• All work is halted as the Ayuntamiento de Madrid considers whether to challenge the ruling before the Supreme Court or revise the proposal.
• The project had been championed by 443 families who formed a cooperative over a decade ago to secure housing in Chamberí.
• Local associations and neighbours celebrated the verdict and urged reconstruction of the historic structure as a cultural centre or museum.