Pajares de la Lampreana

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.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2023. 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 5 wells and boreholes in Pajares de la Lampreana. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 120–132 m.

Ground: 99% low permeability, local groundwater only.

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).
• 0.6% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 91%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 349 mm a year (1971–2000), about 330 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.2 °C, about 32.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 65 a year, about 42 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Piedrahita de Castro · Cerecinos del Carrizal · San Cebrián de Castro · Arquillinos · Manganeses de la Lampreana · Torres del Carrizal · Villalba de la Lampreana