Bernuy-Zapardiel

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. 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?

IGME records 48 wells and boreholes in Bernuy-Zapardiel. Half of the 46 with a depth found water at 22–30 m.

Ground: 58% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 31% low permeability, local groundwater only; 5.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 5.2% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 90% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 301 mm a year (1971–2000), about 288 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.1 °C, about 33.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 65 a year, about 43 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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