Castrillo de Cabrera

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. 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.

Catastro records one home on rustic plots in Castrillo de Cabrera, and 36 farm buildings. See them on the map →

Towns where a new house is allowed →

Maps of Spain: Old farmhouses

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Castrillo de Cabrera. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

Maps of Spain: Wells · Aquifers

What to watch for

• 10 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 38,121 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 10% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Maps of Spain: Flood zones · Radon · Wildfires

Living here

• 4G reaches 91% of homes; fibre 0%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 770 mm a year (1971–2000), about 696 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.1 °C, about 26.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 127 a year, about 94 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Benuza · Encinedo · Truchas · Ponferrada