Mancera de Abajo

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 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 9 wells and boreholes in Mancera de Abajo. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 6–8 m.

Ground: 88% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 12% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.4% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 20% 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 71%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 340 mm a year (1971–2000), about 324 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.2 °C, about 32.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 64 a year, about 42 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Bóveda del Río Almar · Salmoral · Mancera de Arriba · Blascomillán · Macotera · Gimialcón · Cantaracillo