La Granada de Río-Tinto

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. 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?

IGME records 4 wells and boreholes in La Granada de Río-Tinto. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 8–25 m.

Ground: 79% practically impermeable; 21% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 5,344 ha in all, the latest in 2018.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 73%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 819 mm a year (1971–2000), about 701 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.5 °C, about 36.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 4 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Campofrío · Nerva · Aracena · Zufre · El Castillo de las Guardas