Laguna de Contreras

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.

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 one well or borehole in Laguna de Contreras. Its depth: 100 m.

Ground: 35% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% practically impermeable; 22% porous aquifer, high productivity; 21% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 12% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 14% in the 500-year one.
• 6.4% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 86% of homes; fibre 84%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 377 mm a year (1971–2000), about 357 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.1 °C, about 32.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 77 a year, about 52 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Aldeasoña · Rábano · Calabazas de Fuentidueña · Canalejas de Peñafiel · Sacramenia · Torre de Peñafiel · Fuentidueña