Congosto de Valdavia

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 2005. 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?

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

Ground: 66% low permeability, local groundwater only; 20% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 354 ha, in 2020.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 91% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 663 mm a year (1971–2000), about 616 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.9 °C, about 28.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 111 a year, about 80 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Respenda de la Peña · La Puebla de Valdavia · Tabanera de Valdavia · Buenavista de Valdavia · Castrejón de la Peña · Ayuela · Olmos de Ojeda · Fresno del Río