Castrejón de la Peña

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2000. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Castrejón de la Peña. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 52% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% porous aquifer, high productivity; 15% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 8.4% porous aquifer, medium 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).
• 16% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 15% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 785 mm a year (1971–2000), about 722 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.1 °C, about 26.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 124 a year, about 89 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Dehesa de Montejo · Respenda de la Peña · Santibáñez de la Peña · Cervera de Pisuerga · Payo de Ojeda · Congosto de Valdavia · Olmos de Ojeda · Triollo