Cuevas del Almanzora

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2008. 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 348 wells and boreholes in Cuevas del Almanzora. Half of the 327 with a depth found water at 9–23 m. Measured yields (2): 26–40 L/s, the middle half. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 49% practically impermeable; 34% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.5% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 6.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 1 ha, in 2026.
• 1.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.3% in the 500-year one.
• 1.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 38% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.14 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 79%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 207 mm a year (1971–2000), about 175 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.9 °C, about 32.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Vera · Pulpí · Huércal-Overa · Antas