Castaño del Robledo

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 1985. 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 10 wells and boreholes in Castaño del Robledo. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 40–80 m. 12 springs are recorded.

Ground: 71% low permeability, local groundwater only; 28% 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.
• 100% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 79%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 893 mm a year (1971–2000), about 766 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 3 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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