Cañaveral de León

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2007. 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 6 wells and boreholes in Cañaveral de León. Half of the 6 with a depth found water at 50–100 m.

Ground: 89% practically impermeable; 9.1% karstic or fissured 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).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 99% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 731 mm a year (1971–2000), about 630 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.1 °C, about 35.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 6 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Hinojales · Corteconcepción · Arroyomolinos de León · Fuentes de León · Zufre