Montoro

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1984. 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 29 wells and boreholes in Montoro. Half of the 29 with a depth found water at 9–14 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 79% practically impermeable; 15% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 4 ha, in 2024.
• 1.3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.3% in the 500-year one.
• 1.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 74% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 26% 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 72%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 585 mm a year (1971–2000), about 521 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 35.1 °C, about 38.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 19 a year, about 6 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villa del Río · Pedro Abad · Marmolejo · Lopera · Adamuz · Cardeña · Bujalance · Andújar