Palacios del Arzobispo

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1976. 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 9 wells and boreholes in Palacios del Arzobispo. Half of the 9 with a depth found water at 5 m.

Ground: 66% practically impermeable; 34% 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).
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 84% of homes; fibre 85%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 354 mm a year (1971–2000), about 337 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.4 °C, about 32.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 72 a year, about 49 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Santiz · Zamayón · Añover de Tormes · San Pelayo de Guareña · Moraleja de Sayago · Alfaraz de Sayago · Valdelosa