Medio Cudeyo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2011. 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 one well or borehole in Medio Cudeyo. Its depth: 126 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 31% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 30% practically impermeable; 24% low permeability, local groundwater only; 7% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5.2% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 168 ha in all, the latest in 2023.
• 4.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.2% in the 500-year one.
• 1.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 1.2% 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 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,241 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,042 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.9 °C, about 24.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 6 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Marina de Cudeyo · Liérganes · El Astillero · Penagos · Riotuerto · Entrambasaguas · Villaescusa