Fuentebureba

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

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

Ground: 71% porous aquifer, high productivity; 29% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 3.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.7% in the 500-year one.
• 1.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 16%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 529 mm a year (1971–2000), about 471 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25.1 °C, about 28.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 67 a year, about 45 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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