Cubo de la Solana

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?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Cubo de la Solana. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 85–100 m.

Ground: 71% low permeability, local groundwater only; 16% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8.9% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 6.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 6.1% in the 500-year one.
• 4.4% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 94% of homes; fibre 0%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 404 mm a year (1971–2000), about 377 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.5 °C, about 31.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 101 a year, about 72 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Los Rábanos · Borjabad · Aldealafuente · Quintana Redonda · Tejado · Almazán