Ibias

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Asturias allows a new house on rustic land only where the town plan provides for it.

DL 1/2004, art. 124. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1999. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Ibias. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 24 springs are recorded.

Ground: 89% practically impermeable; 9.6% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 21 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 8,901 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 18% 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 97% of homes; fibre 4.5%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,340 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,161 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.2 °C, about 26.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 50 a year, about 30 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Navia de Suarna · Negueira de Muñiz · Valle de Ancares · Peranzanes · Degaña · Cangas del Narcea · A Fonsagrada · Allande