Laviana

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Asturias allows a new house on rustic land only where the town plan provides for it.

DL 1/2004, art. 124. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2012. 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 2 wells and boreholes in Laviana. Measured yields (2): 0–67 L/s, the middle half. 12 springs are recorded.

Ground: 81% practically impermeable; 12% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 79 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,808 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 2.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.1% in the 500-year one.
• 1.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 54% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 54% 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 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,252 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,065 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 21.8 °C, about 24.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 53 a year, about 32 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Martín del Rey Aurelio · Sobrescobio · Bimenes · Nava · Aller · Mieres · Piloña