Casas de Don Pedro

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1998. 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 6 wells and boreholes in Casas de Don Pedro. Half of the 6 with a depth found water at 5–8 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 55% low permeability, local groundwater only; 34% practically impermeable; 9.4% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 5 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 463 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 16% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 663 mm a year (1971–2000), about 601 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33 °C, about 37 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 18 a year, about 6 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valdecaballeros · Talarrubias · Cañamero · Logrosán · Puebla de Alcocer · Siruela