Cuevas del Campo

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1998. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Cuevas del Campo. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 16–22 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 62% low permeability, local groundwater only; 23% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 8% porous aquifer, high productivity; 7.4% surface water body.

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).
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.1 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 71%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 297 mm a year (1971–2000), about 257 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.1 °C, about 37 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Zújar · Pozo Alcón · Freila · Dehesas de Guadix · Guadix