The Judgment of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of 13 April 2026 regarding the acquisition of land designated by urban planning regulations for public facility use

Abstract

He recent Judgment of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of 13 April 2026 is of particular interest in relation to an urban planning issue, namely the acquisition by the Administration of land designated by the planning instruments for use as part of the public network. This is so both because of the background of the proceedings that preceded the judgment and because of the detailed jurisprudential analysis it contains, drawing on rulings issued by both that Chamber and the Administrative Litigation Chamber. Moreover, this issue is equally significant from a land registration perspective, as evidenced by the Resolution of 11 February 2026 of the Directorate-General for Legal Certainty and Public Faith.