La Horcajada

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 1983. 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 La Horcajada. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 86% practically impermeable; 15% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 2.3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.3% in the 500-year one.
• 2.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 4.1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 91%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 565 mm a year (1971–2000), about 527 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.3 °C, about 32.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 77 a year, about 51 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Santa María de los Caballeros · La Aldehuela · Hoyorredondo · Villar de Corneja · San Lorenzo de Tormes · Navamorales · El Losar del Barco · El Tejado