La Puerta de Segura

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 11 wells and boreholes in La Puerta de Segura. Half of the 11 with a depth found water at 70–110 m. 24 springs are recorded.

Ground: 69% practically impermeable; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 5.6% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 12 ha, in 2020.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 19% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.7% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 86%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 632 mm a year (1971–2000), about 548 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 31 a year, about 13 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Puente de Génave · Génave · Orcera · Benatae · Torres de Albánchez · Beas de Segura · Segura de la Sierra