Martín de la Jara

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town 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 36 wells and boreholes in Martín de la Jara. Half of the 35 with a depth found water at 6–9 m. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 66% low permeability, local groundwater only; 19% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 8.1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.6% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.08 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 446 mm a year (1971–2000), about 385 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.1 °C, about 35.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 5 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Los Corrales · Sierra de Yeguas · Pedrera · Campillos · Osuna