International Removals to and from Móstoles
Móstoles removals have a named council procedure, SP026 (bis), with a request at least one week ahead and a 2022 charge of 15 to 20 euros an hour to cut a street.
A few short questions. Nothing is sent until you check and confirm.
Which Móstoles procedure covers a moving day?
Móstoles puts the word mudanzas (moves) in the title of one of its street-space procedures. The council’s manual of administrative procedures lists SP026 (bis) as “Reserva de Estacionamiento para Carga y Descarga, Obras, Mudanzas, Rodajes u Otras Ocupaciones de la Vía Pública Similares”, and labels it temporary signage.
The procedure just before it, SP026, is labelled permanent signage and deals with standing loading bays, so it is not the one for a single day. The municipal police run the file for SP026 (bis): the manual names the police’s road-safety and mobility area as the instructing unit and the police as the body that grants or refuses.
Customs relief for belongings arriving from the UK is the same in every Spanish town, so it sits on our customs page for removals to Spain.
What goes in the request, and how early?
The first step in SP026 (bis) is a request from the person concerned that gives the place, the day and the time slot, “con al menos una semana de antelación”, so at least a week ahead. It travels with proof that the fee has been paid. Besides the general application form (Instancia General) and the payment receipt, the manual lists a copy of the building licence “en su caso”, which matters for building works and not for a move.
A week is the earliest the manual allows, which is different from a promised reply. The same page sets a maximum of 3 months for the procedure and says that silence has a refusing effect (desestimatorio). The manual gives no quicker answer time for moves, so ask for the written authorisation before the van and the dates are fixed.
What the 2022 fee table charges for road space
Móstoles sorts its streets into six categories, using a street index attached to its general fiscal ordinance. Two rows in the fee ordinance matter for a move. Group 7 is headed “Corte de tráfico total o parcial de la vía pública, para la realización de tareas diversas (mudanzas, andamios, montaje o desmontaje de maquinaria, etc.), por hora o fracción”. The amounts run from 20 euros an hour in a first-category street, through 19, 18, 17 and 16, to 15 euros in a sixth-category street.
Group 6 is a different charge: a reservation of space “por cada metro lineal o fracción y día”, which means per metre of kerb and per day. It runs from 0,99 euros down to 0,46 euros across the same six categories. This row does not mention moves, so it is a fee for reserving space and the council does not say here that it applies to a removal. The figures are matched to the categories in the order the table prints them.
Where a job sits at the junction of two streets in different categories, the ordinance applies the rate of the higher-category street. The file we read is filed under 2022 and we found no later version on the council’s site, so treat every figure as the 2022 amount and ask for the current one.
A worked example from the table
These sums are our own arithmetic on the 2022 figures, to show the scale, and are not a quote from the council. A four-hour traffic cut in a third-category street would be 4 times 18, so 72 euros. Reserving 10 metres of kerb for two days in a fifth-category street would be 10 times 2 times 0,51, so 10,20 euros.
The point is the shape of the charge: the hourly cut is the larger item and rises with every extra hour on the street, while the per-metre reservation is small per day. Which of the two the council would apply to a given move is for the police to say, and the unit is not the same, so the two totals should not be added together without asking.
What the Móstoles papers leave out
Neither document says who puts up the no-parking signs, how many days before they must appear, the hours a van may stay, or a weight limit for vehicles. The ordinance also does not say which category your street is in. Put these to the municipal police when you apply: the signs, the category, and whether the charge for the day is the hourly cut or the per-metre reservation.
The manual cites a traffic ordinance published in the Madrid regional bulletin in October 2006, but we did not read it, so its own rules for vans are not covered here. For the wider picture of moving into the capital region, see our Madrid page. Another council in the same region, Fuenlabrada, charges for moving-day space by the hour per 25-metre stretch and asks for fifteen working days on its general form.
To start a move to or from Móstoles, send us the street, the floor and your dates. We are an enquiry and introduction service and do not file council forms ourselves.
For a council on the other side of the region, compare Pozuelo de Alarcón, which asks for authorisation on a different timetable.
Questions about moving to or from Móstoles
Does Móstoles have a procedure that names moves?
Yes.
SP026 (bis) in the council’s procedure manual lists mudanzas in its title and is run by the municipal police.
How early must the request go in?
The manual says at least one week ahead, with the place, day and time slot and proof of payment.
It also allows the council up to 3 months and treats silence as a refusal.
What does cutting a street cost per hour?
The 2022 fee table lists 20 euros an hour for a first-category street down to 15 for a sixth-category one.
Ask the council for the current figure and your street’s category.
Is the per-metre reservation fee a removal fee?
The row is for reserving space for occasional needs and does not name moves, so the council would have to confirm that it applies to your day.
Tell us about your move to or from Móstoles
Send us the Móstoles street and floor, your dates, and a short list of what is moving, and say whether a car or pet comes too.
About International Removals Companies
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