Castrillo del Val

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 1983. 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 one well or borehole in Castrillo del Val. Its depth: 145 m.

Ground: 38% low permeability, local groundwater only; 36% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 16% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.1% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 4.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.2% in the 500-year one.
• 1.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 1.2% 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.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 528 mm a year (1971–2000), about 489 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25 °C, about 28.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 80 a year, about 55 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cardeñajimeno · Carcedo de Burgos · Orbaneja Riopico · Ibeas de Juarros