Puebla de Valles

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1997. 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 Puebla de Valles. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 71% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 19% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.4% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 2 ha, in 2022.
• 1.1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.1% in the 500-year one.
• 1.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 5.5% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 8.8% 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 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 498 mm a year (1971–2000), about 466 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.2 °C, about 33.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 76 a year, about 50 by 2041–2070.

Around it

La Mierla · Matarrubia · Tortuero · Retiendas · Puebla de Beleña · Valdesotos · Valdepeñas de la Sierra