Cuevas de San Clemente

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Cuevas de San Clemente. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 35% low permeability, local groundwater only; 27% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 16% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 12% porous aquifer, high productivity; 10% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 9.5% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 8.8% 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 100% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 533 mm a year (1971–2000), about 494 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25.4 °C, about 29.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 88 a year, about 62 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cubillo del Campo · Los Ausines · Mecerreyes · Madrigal del Monte · Mambrillas de Lara