Becilla de Valderaduey

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 2010. 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 2 wells and boreholes in Becilla de Valderaduey. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 160–270 m.

Ground: 88% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 7.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 11% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 345 mm a year (1971–2000), about 328 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.7 °C, about 31.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 77 a year, about 54 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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