Merindad de Valdivielso

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 Valdivielso. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 59% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 17% practically impermeable; 14% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.5% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 98% of homes; fibre 0%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 606 mm a year (1971–2000), about 527 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.3 °C, about 27.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 76 a year, about 52 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Los Altos · Rucandio · Merindad de Cuesta-Urria · Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja · Valle de Manzanedo · Trespaderne · Oña