Duruelo de la Sierra

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.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2011. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Duruelo de la Sierra. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 100% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 20% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 19% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 69%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 820 mm a year (1971–2000), about 744 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.2 °C, about 26.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 115 a year, about 79 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Regumiel de la Sierra · Covaleda · Soria · Neila · Vinuesa · Viniegra de Abajo · Mansilla de la Sierra