Arañuel

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2023. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Arañuel. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 38% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 32% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity; 9.3% low permeability, local groundwater only; 7.5% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.2% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 22% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 82% of homes; fibre 74%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 430 mm a year (1971–2000), about 374 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.4 °C, about 31.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 28 a year, about 13 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cirat · Montanejos · Zucaina · Ludiente · Cortes de Arenoso