La Revilla y Ahedo

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2016. 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 Revilla y Ahedo. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 57% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 5.5% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 9.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 10% in the 500-year one.
• 6.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 47% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 61% 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 65%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 592 mm a year (1971–2000), about 544 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.7 °C, about 30.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 99 a year, about 71 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villanueva de Carazo · Barbadillo del Mercado · Salas de los Infantes · Contreras