Posadas

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 2006. 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 68 wells and boreholes in Posadas. Half of the 67 with a depth found water at 16–90 m. 15 springs are recorded.

Ground: 47% low permeability, local groundwater only; 31% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 16% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 6.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 7.3% in the 500-year one.
• 5.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 56% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 11% 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 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 616 mm a year (1971–2000), about 539 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 34.9 °C, about 38.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 13 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Almodóvar del Río · Fuente Palmera · Hornachuelos · Villaviciosa de Córdoba