{"id":2409531,"date":"2026-11-04T14:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/?p=2409531"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:59:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:59:30","slug":"pino-y-ruaya-alicante-2500-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alegria-realestate.com\/en\/articles\/pino-y-ruaya-alicante-2500-homes","title":{"rendered":"Alicante begins planning process for Pino y Ruaya, a new district with 2,500 homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alicante City Council has begun the process of amending the current General Urban Development Plan to organise the El Pino y Ruaya area in the north of the city. The proposal includes around 2,500 homes, a large urban park and a zone for businesses and services.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s governing board approved the start of the process on 20 October. The next step is a strategic environmental and territorial assessment by the Valencian regional government. The project must pass further planning stages before construction can begin.<\/p>\n<h2>A park, homes and a commercial area<\/h2>\n<p>The area covers approximately 879,000 m\u00b2. It is located near Avenida de D\u00e9nia, close to the boundaries with Sant Joan d\u2019Alacant and Mutxamel. The proposal includes three main zones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lomas del Pino Park<\/strong>, covering 340,000 m\u00b2, which is to be restored and incorporated into the city\u2019s green infrastructure;<\/li>\n<li><strong>a commercial area<\/strong> of 82,000 m\u00b2 along the CV-818 road, near Hogar Provincial, for businesses and services;<\/li>\n<li><strong>a residential district<\/strong> of 457,000 m\u00b2 next to Avenida de D\u00e9nia, with around 2,500 apartments in multi-storey buildings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The city describes the planned neighbourhood as a medium-density eco-district. The proposal also includes traffic-calmed streets, walking and cycling routes, and connections to public transport.<\/p>\n<h2>Other planned districts nearby<\/h2>\n<p>Pino y Ruaya will be next to other areas included in Alicante\u2019s draft General Structural Plan. Around 2,000 homes are planned in Vista Alegre and 1,300 in Alameda. Further south is the Vistahermosa-Juncaret sector, also known as PAU 3, where a further 3,500 homes are planned. These are separate projects with their own planning procedures.<\/p>\n<h2>The project still requires further approvals<\/h2>\n<p>The planning history of Pino y Ruaya dates back to a 1992 court ruling that classified part of the area as land intended for future development. The project has since been through lengthy judicial and administrative procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The current decision launches another planning stage, but it does not mean that construction can start immediately. The project must first undergo an environmental and territorial assessment, followed by further planning approvals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicante.es\/es\/noticias\/alicante-impulsa-nuevo-barrio-2500-viviendas-y-zona-verde-340000-m2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alicante City Council\u2019s official announcement about the El Pino y Ruaya project<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alicante City Council has begun the process of amending\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":2409628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2409531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pino y Ruaya in Alicante: new 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