Fresno de Sayago

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Fresno de Sayago. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 96% 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).
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 97% of homes; fibre 79%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 392 mm a year (1971–2000), about 371 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.3 °C, about 32.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 71 a year, about 47 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Peñausende · Bermillo de Sayago · Almeida de Sayago · Pereruela