After the NRUA annulment, an Alhaurín de la Torre holiday let on the Costa del Sol still has three obligations. It must be registered in the Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA) under Decreto 31/2024 of the Junta de Andalucía. Every guest must be reported through SES.HOSPEDAJES under Real Decreto 933/2021. A new tourist use in a community building, started from 3 April 2025, needs approval from 3/5 of owners and quotas. The national NRUA number is no longer required.
With no off-season, which paperwork does an Alhaurín de la Torre let need now?
The list of obligations has become one item shorter, and the items that remain weigh more in a town that lets all year. Alhaurín de la Torre is roughly ten minutes from Málaga airport, and demand here does not drain away after the summer. Business travellers work around the Polígono Industrial during the week, Málaga-city overflow fills weekends, Spanish families come in the holidays, and the Feria de San Sebastián brings visitors in January. A property that is booked most weeks gives its owner few natural pauses, so compliance has to run as a habit rather than a yearly clear-out.
The question we hear most this autumn is a version of "do I still need an NRUA registration number?" The answer is no. The Supreme Court annulled the national register in May 2026, and you can stop treating it as a live requirement. You should not stop thinking about licences altogether, because the Andalusian registration, the national guest-reporting system and the community-approval rule all still apply.
We are Glaser Holiday Homes, holiday-rental management in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena. What follows is how we read the position for an owner in Alhaurín de la Torre in October 2026, as listings are refreshed for winter and for the 2027 season. Owners who want the wider picture of how we work can read our page for owners.
What rulings 620/2026 and 629/2026 removed, and what the EU single window keeps
The Supreme Court's administrative chamber (Sala de lo Contencioso-Administrativo) annulled the national single rental register in May 2026, in rulings 620/2026 and 629/2026. The register no longer has legal effect. In practice, an owner does not need to apply for an NRUA number, does not need to renew one, and does not need to display one in an advert. Any older guidance telling you to do these things describes a system the court has struck down.
European law was untouched by the rulings. EU Regulation 2024/1028, on data collection and sharing for short-term accommodation rental services, applies directly in every member state from May 2026. It sets two duties for online platforms. They must pass activity data on the stays they host to the authorities through a digital single window (ventanilla única digital). Where a registration procedure exists, they must also make sure listings carry a registration number.
The point for you is that the platform data trail still exists, and it is linked to a registration number. For an Andalusian Vivienda de Uso Turístico (VUT), the registration that identifies the property is its entry in the RTA. That number has to be accurate and identical on every channel where the property appears. If your listing text, house manual or booking confirmations still mention an NRUA number, the winter refresh is the right moment to remove those references.
SES.HOSPEDAJES for airport arrivals, business travellers and family stays
Guest registration survives the NRUA ruling unchanged. Real Decreto 933/2021 requires anyone who provides accommodation to report traveller and booking data to the Ministry of the Interior through the SES.HOSPEDAJES platform, and holiday lets are included. The duty never depended on the national register, and the May 2026 rulings did not change it.
The obligation applies to each stay and each guest. The decree asks for identity details of the travellers and information about the booking and the payment. These must be communicated within 24 hours of the start of the stay, and the records must be kept for three years. In a town with steady weekly turnover, this turns into a recurring task that cannot slip.
Airport arrivals are the first pressure point. Many guests land in the evening or late at night and head straight to a self check-in. That is workable, but identity documents still have to be collected for every adult before the filing clock runs out. The reliable approach is an online pre-arrival form, checked against the documents on arrival, so that nothing is left to chase the next morning.
Business bookings are the second. Stays linked to the Polígono Industrial are often booked by an employer, an assistant or a colleague, so the name on the reservation may not be the person who sleeps in the apartment. SES.HOSPEDAJES concerns the people actually staying. If one colleague leaves midweek and another arrives on the same booking, the new occupant needs to be registered too.
Spanish family stays are the third. The whole party is reported, children included, and the decree asks for the relationship between a minor and the accompanying adult. The Feria de San Sebastián in January brings short stays and the occasional group, and the same rules apply to a two-night feria booking as to a fortnight in August.
Who files matters. The obligation sits with whoever provides the accommodation, meaning the owner or the manager acting for them, not the booking platform. There is no Andalusian tourist tax to collect alongside the filing, so for most owners SES.HOSPEDAJES is the one per-guest government task in the whole process.
Registro de Turismo de Andalucía registration under Decreto 31/2024
RTA registration is what entitles you to let the property as a holiday rental in the first place. Under Decreto 31/2024 of the Junta de Andalucía, which updated the regional rules for VUTs, a property can only be advertised and let once it is entered in the RTA. Its registration number must appear in every advert. Registration starts with a declaración responsable (a formal statement that the property meets the decree's requirements) submitted to the Junta.
One Andalusian framework applies, and it applies in Alhaurín de la Torre in the same way as in any other town in the region. The local factor is the property type, not a separate set of rules. Most homes here are modern new builds in residential complexes. A practical first step for a recent buyer is therefore to have the escritura and the development's licencia de primera ocupación to hand before preparing the declaration.
Owners who are already registered should check that the entry still matches reality. If the owner's details, contact information or the way the property is offered have changed since registration, the record should be brought up to date. Our VUT licence page explains how we review an existing registration or prepare a new one.
New-build complexes and the 3/5 approval for new tourist use
The community-approval rule is the obligation most likely to catch an Alhaurín de la Torre owner who has bought recently. Ley Orgánica 1/2025 amended article 17.12 of the Ley de Propiedad Horizontal. Since 3 April 2025, a new tourist use in a building divided into horizontal property needs the community's express approval by 3/5 of owners, who must also represent 3/5 of the quotas.
The rule is an approval requirement. A community can vote in favour, and many do when the request is well prepared. It is also not retroactive. A let that was lawfully registered before 3 April 2025 does not need a fresh vote under this provision.
This matters here because of how housing in Alhaurín de la Torre is built. An owner who bought off-plan and received the keys after April 2025, or who bought earlier but never registered, is starting a new tourist use. That owner needs the vote. Newer complexes can also have young communities with owners spread across several countries, so attendance and proxies need planning well ahead of the general meeting.
The working method is straightforward. Ask the administrator to put the item on the agenda, and make sure the minutes (acta) record the result in both owners and quotas. Keep a copy with your RTA paperwork. Read the community statutes as well, because they can contain their own provisions on use. A detached house outside any community of owners falls outside article 17.12. However, an estate with shared gardens, pools or roads may still be organised as a community, so confirm this rather than assume it.
Fitting the checklist into a calendar with no quiet month
A year-round calendar means paperwork has to fit between bookings. Few owners here have an empty month to set aside, so the most practical route is to handle the review on a changeover day this autumn, before the January feria and the 2027 bookings build up.
The checklist starts with the RTA. Confirm that the property's entry is in order, and that the same RTA number appears on every listing, in the house information and on booking confirmations, with any NRUA reference removed.
Guest registration comes next. Check who files in SES.HOSPEDAJES, that the access credentials work, and that your check-in process collects documents for every adult and the relationship details for any children in time for the 24-hour deadline. Records should be stored where you can find them for three years.
Community approval follows. If your tourist use began on or after 3 April 2025, the acta showing approval by 3/5 of owners and quotas should be on file. If it is missing, the item belongs on the next general meeting agenda. Whatever the date, the statutes should have been read.
Decide who acts for you. Owners living in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Scandinavia or Germany often find that the weak point is not the rules but the hand-off. Nobody is clearly responsible for a late-night filing or an administrator's email. Our management services cover that day-to-day layer. If you are still weighing whether letting is worth the administration, our income page sets out how we think about the numbers. The home-country tax side should always be checked with your own adviser.
If you would like a second pair of eyes on your RTA entry, your community approval and your guest-registration routine before the winter season, we can go through them with you. Book a free check of your licence and paperwork and we will tell you plainly what is in order and what needs attention.
Frequently asked questions
Is the NRUA still mandatory in 2026?
No. The Supreme Court annulled the national rental register in May 2026, in rulings 620/2026 and 629/2026. Holiday lets in Andalucía still need RTA registration under Decreto 31/2024 and guest reporting through SES.HOSPEDAJES.
Does the annulment apply across all of Spain?
Yes. The rulings annulled the national register itself, so the NRUA no longer applies anywhere in Spain. Regional registration systems such as Andalucía's RTA are separate and remain in force, as do the platform data obligations under EU Regulation 2024/1028.
What registration number should my listing show on Airbnb and Booking?
An Andalusian holiday let should show its Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA) registration number, and it should be the same on every channel. The annulled national NRUA number is no longer required.
Do Airbnb and Booking.com handle guest registration for me?
No. Under Real Decreto 933/2021, the duty to report guests through SES.HOSPEDAJES lies with whoever provides the accommodation, which means the owner or their manager. The data platforms share under EU Regulation 2024/1028 is a separate obligation and does not replace your guest filings.
Reviewed and approved by Maarten Glaser, founder of Glaser Group, on 26 October 2026. Glaser Holiday Homes is Glaser Group's holiday-rental management company, based in Arroyo de la Miel, Benalmádena.
