Hermandad de Campoo de Suso

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1983. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% 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 Hermandad de Campoo de Suso. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 8 springs are recorded.

Ground: 67% low permeability, local groundwater only; 13% practically impermeable; 9.9% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8.7% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 30 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,135 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 55% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 19% 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.

Living here

• 4G reaches 98% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 891 mm a year (1971–2000), about 783 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 19.3 °C, about 22.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 125 a year, about 89 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Brañosera · Polaciones · Los Tojos · Campoo de Enmedio · Santiurde de Reinosa · Valdeolea · Bárcena de Pie de Concha · La Pernía