Magaz de Cepeda

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 2015. 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 Magaz de Cepeda. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 115–150 m.

Ground: 47% practically impermeable; 34% low permeability, local groundwater only; 12% porous aquifer, high productivity; 7.2% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 529 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 571 mm a year (1971–2000), about 517 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25 °C, about 29 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 101 a year, about 73 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Brazuelo · Villamejil · Villaobispo de Otero · Villagatón · Quintana del Castillo