Melgar de Tera

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 1979. 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 Melgar de Tera. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 43% low permeability, local groundwater only; 31% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 26% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 60,586 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 1.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.5% in the 500-year one.
• 1.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 29% 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 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 423 mm a year (1971–2000), about 394 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.1 °C, about 32.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 79 a year, about 55 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Calzadilla de Tera · Santa Croya de Tera · Villanueva de las Peras · Ferreras de Abajo · Camarzana de Tera · Vega de Tera