ITE · Ley 5/1999 and the Planning Regulation
ITE in Castile and León: the technical inspection at 40
If you carry out an ITE in Castile and León: the building has its first inspection in the year after it turns 40 and repeats it every 10 years, depending on the size of the municipality. Here is which buildings need it, what the report covers, who signs it, where it is filed and how you prepare the inspection in ArquiFlow.
The rule in brief
- Report
- The inspección técnica de edificios (ITE), formerly inspección técnica de construcciones: a statement that the inspection was carried out, with its report as an inseparable annex (Ley 5/1999, art. 110; Planning Regulation, art. 317.1).
- Regulation
- Ley 5/1999 on planning in Castile and León, art. 110, and the Planning Regulation (Decreto 22/2004), arts. 315 to 318 ter, as worded by Decreto 6/2016.
- Buildings
- Every building in municipalities of 20,000 inhabitants or more, and in those of 5,000 or more within the stable functional areas; only non-single-family residential buildings in the other municipalities of 5,000 to 19,999, and in those of 2,000 to 4,999 with a general plan or within those areas (art. 315 bis).
- First inspection
- Within the calendar year after the building turns 40 from its completion, taken from the final works documentation; a full rehabilitation restarts the count (art. 316).
- How often
- Within the calendar year after 10 years have passed since the previous one (art. 316.2).
- Who signs
- A competent technician under the LOE to design or direct the works for that type of building, or to direct their execution; the energy performance certification and the accessibility assessment may be signed by other technicians (art. 317 bis).
- Who files it, and where
- The owners, or the community for the whole building, file the statement and the report at the town hall within the month after they are issued (arts. 315 ter and 318.1).
- Result
- Safety, health, appearance, accessibility and habitability, with the energy performance certification and the works in a schedule of deadlines, the urgent ones apart; the inspection is visual and covers at least half the floor area (art. 317).
Official sources
- Ley 5/1999 on planning in Castile and León, art. 110boe.es
- Decreto 6/2016, amending the Planning Regulation (BOCYL, 4 March 2016)bocyl.jcyl.es
- Valladolid: ITE filing ordinance (BOP 04/01/2019)bop.sede.diputaciondevalladolid.es
- León: building technical inspection ordinance (BOP 01/12/2025)aytoleon.es
- Salamanca: ITE ordinance (BOP 21/11/2022)aytosalamanca.es
- Burgos: technical inspection ordinance (BOP 21/12/2012)aytoburgos.es
Updated November 1, 2026
Where to check and where to file
The regional government (Junta) lists which municipalities require the ITE, and each town hall receives its own. These are the pages a technician uses.
- The ITE at the Junta de Castilla y León
Buildings covered, deadlines, competent technicians and the list of municipalities that require the ITE.
vivienda.jcyl.es - The ITE at Valladolid city council
How the ITE is filed in Valladolid, in the format of the Junta's program.
valladolid.es - Burgos's ITE register
Who files it, through the e-office, and the documents that go with the report, the energy performance certification among them.
aytoburgos.es
What sets the Castile and León ITE apart
Full or partial, by municipality
In large municipalities every building has it; in medium ones and small ones with a general plan, only non-single-family residential buildings. The Junta's list of municipalities says which applies in each (art. 315 bis).
With defects
If the report lists defects, the ITE takes effect once a competent technician attests that the works are done, and that document is filed at the town hall within the following month (art. 318.3). If there is a risk to people, the technician tells the owners and the town hall at once (art. 318 ter.1).
Not filing it on time
The town hall may allow up to 3 more months and then carry out the inspection at the owners' expense (art. 318.2). Not doing it is a minor planning offence (art. 348.4.d), with a fine of 1,000 to 10,000 euros (Ley 5/1999, art. 117.1.c).
Valladolid
Ordinance published in the BOP of 4 January 2019: the ITE is filed in the format of the Junta's program, goes into the regional register whatever its result, and the technician's statement marks it favorable, favorable with defects or desfavorable; only a favorable one shows the duty to conserve is met.
León and Salamanca
León (BOP of 1 December 2025): favorable or desfavorable, and after a desfavorable one, 3 months to apply for a licence or lodge the responsible declaration for the works; the report notes any asbestos found. Salamanca (BOP of 21 November 2022): favorable, favorable with minor defects or desfavorable, and no licence without an ITE except for minor works.
Burgos
Ordinance published in the BOP of 21 December 2012: every year it displays a roll of the buildings that are due, and that display counts as notice; an overdue building gets no licence, except for minor interior works.
In ArquiFlow
In the technical inspection report you choose the IEE regime, because the Castile and León ITE brings together conservation, accessibility and energy performance certification.
You grade each defect by element, and the report records the conservation result, accessibility with its reasonable adjustments and the energy performance certification details, with the works the technician proposes.
The statement and the report the owners file are generated with the ITE|IEE CyL program the Junta promotes, in the format town halls such as Valladolid or León ask for, and the owners file them at the town hall.
You choose the regime
Catalonia's IITE, the IEE (building assessment report), a municipal ITE or the Euskadi ITE (Decreto 117/2018). The report shows the building's details and the fields that regime asks for.
You record the defects
Each observation in the report carries the building element it affects: façades, roofs, structure, installations…
You grade them
Each defect carries its grade: minor, important, serious or very serious.
And you note the verdict
On an IEE, the report records the conservation verdict, accessibility with its reasonable adjustments and the energy performance certification details.
Frequently asked questions
From what age does a building need the ITE?
The first, within the calendar year after it turns 40 from its completion; after that, within the year after 10 years have passed since the previous one. A full rehabilitation restarts the count (Planning Regulation, art. 316).
Does my municipality require the ITE?
It depends on its population and on whether it has a general plan or lies in a stable functional area: in large ones every building has it, in the rest only non-single-family residential buildings. The Junta's list, linked above, gives it municipality by municipality.
Does ArquiFlow file the ITE at the town hall?
No. The statement and the report are generated with the ITE|IEE CyL program the Junta promotes, and the owners or the community file them at the town hall within the month after they are issued.