Arcos de la Polvorosa

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2014. 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 13 wells and boreholes in Arcos de la Polvorosa. Half of the 13 with a depth found water at 4–5 m.

Ground: 63% porous aquifer, high productivity; 37% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 26% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 50% in the 500-year one.
• 16% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.1% 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 100% of homes; fibre 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 347 mm a year (1971–2000), about 327 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.5 °C, about 32.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 73 a year, about 50 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Santa Colomba de las Monjas · Milles de la Polvorosa · Villaveza del Agua · Barcial del Barco · Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa · Benavente