Cantillana

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1993. 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 110 wells and boreholes in Cantillana. Half of the 109 with a depth found water at 8–14 m. 8 springs are recorded.

Ground: 42% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 22% low permeability, local groundwater only; 18% practically impermeable; 15% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 485 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 32% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 35% in the 500-year one.
• 27% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 574 mm a year (1971–2000), about 496 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 34.6 °C, about 37.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 7 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villaverde del Río · Tocina · Villanueva del Río y Minas · Brenes · Castilblanco de los Arroyos · El Pedroso · Carmona