Huerta de Arriba

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 Huerta de Arriba. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 42% low permeability, local groundwater only; 41% practically impermeable; 5.7% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 5.7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

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).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 848 mm a year (1971–2000), about 768 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.5 °C, about 26.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 120 a year, about 84 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Neila · Monterrubio de la Demanda · Valle de Valdelaguna · Canales de la Sierra · Villavelayo