Daganzo de Arriba

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1995. 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 31 wells and boreholes in Daganzo de Arriba. Half of the 31 with a depth found water at 6–13 m. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 94% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 6.5% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.3% of the municipality lies in the 500-year flood zone.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 366 mm a year (1971–2000), about 346 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.5 °C, about 34.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 52 a year, about 30 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Camarma de Esteruelas · Ajalvir · Fresno de Torote · Cobeña · Algete · Valdeolmos-Alalpardo · Alcalá de Henares · Torrejón de Ardoz