La Roca de la Sierra

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2023. 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 5 wells and boreholes in La Roca de la Sierra. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 5–14 m.

Ground: 56% low permeability, local groundwater only; 37% practically impermeable; 6.9% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 38 ha, in 2020.
• 3.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.1% in the 500-year one.
• 2.8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 91%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 472 mm a year (1971–2000), about 422 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.5 °C, about 37.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Mérida · Badajoz