Castro del Río

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1991. 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?

IGME records 24 wells and boreholes in Castro del Río. Half of the 23 with a depth found water at 6–10 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 41% practically impermeable; 29% low permeability, local groundwater only; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.1% in the 500-year one.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 502 mm a year (1971–2000), about 440 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.5 °C, about 37.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 14 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Nueva Carteya · Espejo · Baena · Montilla · Cabra · Cañete de las Torres · Córdoba