Huérmeces

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 Huérmeces. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 8 springs are recorded.

Ground: 26% porous aquifer, high productivity; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 16% low permeability, local groundwater only; 15% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 12% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9% 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).
• 2.2% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 70% of homes; fibre 59%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 527 mm a year (1971–2000), about 484 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.6 °C, about 28.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 91 a year, about 64 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Montorio · Valle de Santibáñez · Úrbel del Castillo · Las Hormazas · Merindad de Río Ubierna · Villadiego