Malpica de Tajo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2008. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Malpica de Tajo. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 46–50 m.

Ground: 75% low permeability, local groundwater only; 20% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 90 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 1.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.5% in the 500-year one.
• 1.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 1.1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 343 mm a year (1971–2000), about 323 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.6 °C, about 36.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 37 a year, about 19 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cebolla · Mesegar de Tajo · El Carpio de Tajo · San Martín de Pusa · La Pueblanueva · Villarejo de Montalbán