Manzanal de Arriba

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1994. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Manzanal de Arriba. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 94% practically impermeable; 5% surface water body.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 28,046 ha, in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 81% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 92% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 724 mm a year (1971–2000), about 666 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.6 °C, about 30.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 84 a year, about 60 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cernadilla · Asturianos · Mombuey · Figueruela de Arriba · Palacios de Sanabria · Villardeciervos · Mahide · Puebla de Sanabria