Castro de Filabres

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 1979. 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 3 wells and boreholes in Castro de Filabres. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 27–40 m.

Ground: 96% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 955 ha, in 2021.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.14 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 86%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 277 mm a year (1971–2000), about 233 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.7 °C, about 32.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 25 a year, about 9 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Olula de Castro · Velefique · Bacares · Gérgal · Tabernas