Cordobilla de Lácara

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2003. 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 2 wells and boreholes in Cordobilla de Lácara. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 7–15 m.

Ground: 42% low permeability, local groundwater only; 36% practically impermeable; 12% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 11% surface water body.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.6% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 8.9% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 85%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 516 mm a year (1971–2000), about 464 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.2 °C, about 36.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 7 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

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