Andorra Parliament Agrees to Form Urban Planning Commission Before 2025 Elections

Parliamentary groups in Andorra have agreed to establish a special legislative commission to draft a new General Law on Territorial Planning and Urbanism, with a strict deadline to secure approval before the current legislature ends.

The initiative comes from a joint request by the leaders of the Demòcrata, Socialdemòcrata (Concòrdia), PS, and Ciutadans Compromesos parliamentary groups. They aim to build on the consensus-driven report from a prior study commission, which outlined key principles for the legislation. The new body will prepare a formal bill proposal "with the same spirit of objectivity and agreement" that guided the earlier work.

To ensure timely progress, the commission's regulations mandate completion well in advance of the chamber's dissolution. With general elections due by spring 2025 at the latest, the window spans just a few months.

Decisions within the commission will use a weighted voting system, reflecting each group's proportional strength in the full parliament. The body gains broad powers: it can demand documents from the government and commons, including load capacity studies from both local departments and a national-level analysis underway at the executive. It may also summon witnesses, hire technical experts—who can attend meetings with speaking rights but no vote—and contract specialists as needed.

This accelerated approach underscores efforts to achieve broad support for the urban planning law, addressing long-standing needs in territorial organisation amid Andorra's ongoing development pressures. The chamber has yet to formally approve the commission's creation.