Paterna de Rivera

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 1998. 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 Paterna de Rivera. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 73% low permeability, local groundwater only; 12% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 6.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 6.2% practically impermeable.

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).
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 720 mm a year (1971–2000), about 603 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.7 °C, about 34.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Medina Sidonia · Alcalá de los Gazules · Jerez de la Frontera