Helechosa de los Montes

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1986. 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 Helechosa de los Montes. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 106 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 67% practically impermeable; 17% low permeability, local groundwater only; 16% surface water body.

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).
• 28% 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 98% of homes; fibre 69%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 543 mm a year (1971–2000), about 496 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.7 °C, about 36.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 25 a year, about 9 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Anchuras · Herrera del Duque · Villarta de los Montes · Horcajo de los Montes · Sevilleja de la Jara · Navalpino · Alía · Los Navalucillos