La Aldehuela

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.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1992. 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 La Aldehuela. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 94% of homes; fibre 67%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 549 mm a year (1971–2000), about 511 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.3 °C, about 31.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 84 a year, about 56 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Avellaneda · Aldeanueva de Santa Cruz · Hoyorredondo · La Horcajada · Santa María de los Caballeros · Santiago del Collado · Piedrahíta