Las Hormazas

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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Las Hormazas. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 46% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 43% low permeability, local groundwater only; 11% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 1%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 505 mm a year (1971–2000), about 467 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25 °C, about 28.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 91 a year, about 64 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Tobar · Susinos del Páramo · Valle de Santibáñez · Huérmeces · Villadiego