Güéjar Sierra

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 2002. 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 2 wells and boreholes in Güéjar Sierra. Its depth: 35 m. 21 springs are recorded.

Ground: 75% practically impermeable; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 9 ha, in 2023.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 54% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 51% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.2 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 98% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 574 mm a year (1971–2000), about 494 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22 °C, about 25.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 155 a year, about 111 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Monachil · Quéntar · Dúdar · Pinos Genil · Lugros · Trevélez · Jérez del Marquesado · Capileira