Cabrillanes

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 2004. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Cabrillanes. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 23 springs are recorded.

Ground: 43% practically impermeable; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 16% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 11% surface water body; 8.6% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 22 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 471 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 90% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 89% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 89% of homes; fibre 65%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,068 mm a year (1971–2000), about 949 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 18.9 °C, about 22.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 145 a year, about 107 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Emiliano · Villablino · Murias de Paredes · Somiedo