Encinas Reales

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 1999. 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 Encinas Reales. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 45% low permeability, local groundwater only; 44% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.9% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 2.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.6% in the 500-year one.
• 2.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.08 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 457 mm a year (1971–2000), about 398 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.5 °C, about 37.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Benamejí · Cuevas Bajas · Cuevas de San Marcos · Lucena · Rute