Contreras

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 2012. 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 Contreras. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 40% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 21% low permeability, local groundwater only; 17% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 3,011 ha, in 2022.
• 2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2% in the 500-year one.
• 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 I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 3.3% of homes; fibre 91%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 575 mm a year (1971–2000), about 531 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.3 °C, about 30.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 99 a year, about 71 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cascajares de la Sierra · Hortigüela · Barbadillo del Mercado · Retuerta · La Revilla y Ahedo · Santibáñez del Val · Santo Domingo de Silos