Cumbres de San Bartolomé

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 2005. 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?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Cumbres de San Bartolomé. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 43–47 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

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).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 100% 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 99% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 663 mm a year (1971–2000), about 574 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.5 °C, about 36.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 4 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cumbres de Enmedio · La Nava · Higuera la Real · Encinasola · Cumbres Mayores · Aroche