Escalona

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1977. 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 Escalona. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 100 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 94% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 5.4% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 46 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 7.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 8.3% in the 500-year one.
• 7.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 4.8% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 400 mm a year (1971–2000), about 375 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.7 °C, about 36.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 38 a year, about 19 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Paredes de Escalona · Santa Cruz del Retamar · Aldea en Cabo · Hormigos · Quismondo · Maqueda · Nombela · Almorox