Jalance

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Valencian Community requires at least 1 ha for a new house on rustic land.

DL 1/2021, art. 211. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2002. 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 Jalance. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 26% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 17% low permeability, local groundwater only; 15% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 13% practically impermeable; 7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 35 ha, in 2021.
• 2.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.5% in the 500-year one.
• 2.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 95% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 366 mm a year (1971–2000), about 319 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.7 °C, about 33.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 32 a year, about 14 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cofrentes · Jarafuel · Balsa de Ves · Villa de Ves · Cortes de Pallás