Molina de Aragón

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1996. 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 Molina de Aragón. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 34% low permeability, local groundwater only; 27% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 18% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 11% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 6.7% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 6.1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 6.1% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 387 mm a year (1971–2000), about 353 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.6 °C, about 31.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 115 a year, about 84 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Castellar de la Muela · Rueda de la Sierra · Rillo de Gallo · Castilnuevo · Prados Redondos · Campillo de Dueñas · Tortuera · Embid