Merindad de Valdeporres

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

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

Ground: 37% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 20% low permeability, local groundwater only; 18% practically impermeable; 12% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 6.5% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 35 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 936 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 2.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.9% in the 500-year one.
• 2.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.2% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 98% of homes; fibre 77%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 981 mm a year (1971–2000), about 831 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.7 °C, about 25.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 87 a year, about 60 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valle de Valdebezana · Merindad de Sotoscueva · San Pedro del Romeral · Valle de Manzanedo · Luena · Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja