Jimera de Líbar

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 2019. 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 Jimera de Líbar. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 83% low permeability, local groundwater only; 11% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 6.3% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 2.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.1% in the 500-year one.
• 2.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 30% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 29% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 67%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,167 mm a year (1971–2000), about 984 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.5 °C, about 32.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Atajate · Benadalid · Benaoján · Alpandeire · Cortes de la Frontera