La Calahorra

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1994. 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 26 wells and boreholes in La Calahorra. Half of the 20 with a depth found water at 35–140 m.

Ground: 84% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 6.4% practically impermeable.

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).
• 4.3% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 4.3% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.13 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 289 mm a year (1971–2000), about 252 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 36 a year, about 15 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Ferreira · Alquife · Valle del Zalabí · Aldeire · Lanteira · Huéneja