Mejorada del Campo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1997. 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 Mejorada del Campo. Its depth: 5 m.

Ground: 45% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 34% low permeability, local groundwater only; 21% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 8.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 13% in the 500-year one.
• 7.4% 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.
• 20% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 318 mm a year (1971–2000), about 301 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.9 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 50 a year, about 28 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Velilla de San Antonio · Loeches · San Fernando de Henares · Rivas-Vaciamadrid