Cazalla de la Sierra

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1981. 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 54 wells and boreholes in Cazalla de la Sierra. Half of the 53 with a depth found water at 7–47 m. 31 springs are recorded.

Ground: 73% practically impermeable; 23% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 119 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 100% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 746 mm a year (1971–2000), about 647 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.7 °C, about 36.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 7 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Pedroso · San Nicolás del Puerto · Guadalcanal · El Real de la Jara · Almadén de la Plata · Alanís · Constantina · Fuente del Arco