Canillas de Aceituno

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 2009. 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 Canillas de Aceituno. Its depth: 286 m. 9 springs are recorded.

Ground: 53% practically impermeable; 37% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 10% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 51 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 36% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 36% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.21 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 76%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 650 mm a year (1971–2000), about 563 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.8 °C, about 32 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 5 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Alcaucín · Sedella · Viñuela · Arenas · Alhama de Granada