Moraleja de Matacabras

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 national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 0.5% of the municipality.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 33 wells and boreholes in Moraleja de Matacabras. Half of the 33 with a depth found water at 40–108 m.

Ground: 100% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% 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 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 292 mm a year (1971–2000), about 281 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.5 °C, about 33.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 67 a year, about 44 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Esteban de Zapardiel · Blasconuño de Matacabras · Lomoviejo · Castellanos de Zapardiel · Fuente el Sol · Madrigal de las Altas Torres