Cabanillas de la Sierra

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2015. 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 one well or borehole in Cabanillas de la Sierra. Its depth: 30 m.

Ground: 78% practically impermeable; 15% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 5.5% 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 II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 516 mm a year (1971–2000), about 478 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.9 °C, about 33.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 63 a year, about 40 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Redueña · Venturada · Navalafuente · La Cabrera · Valdemanco · Guadalix de la Sierra