Iznájar

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2009. 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 9 wells and boreholes in Iznájar. Half of the 8 with a depth found water at 5–50 m. 32 springs are recorded.

Ground: 68% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.4% surface water body; 7.3% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 6.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 5.8% 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).
• 5.8% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 5.8% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.1 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 56%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 521 mm a year (1971–2000), about 451 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 34.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 5 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villanueva de Tapia · Cuevas de San Marcos · Rute · Villanueva de Algaidas · Algarinejo · Loja · Priego de Córdoba