Almadén de la Plata

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1992. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 100% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 15 wells and boreholes in Almadén de la Plata. Half of the 15 with a depth found water at 50–150 m. 17 springs are recorded.

Ground: 76% practically impermeable; 18% low permeability, local groundwater only; 5.6% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,110 ha, in 2017.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 85% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 84% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 712 mm a year (1971–2000), about 613 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.7 °C, about 37.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Real de la Jara · Castilblanco de los Arroyos · Santa Olalla del Cala · El Ronquillo · Cazalla de la Sierra · El Pedroso