Puertollano

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1990. 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 16 wells and boreholes in Puertollano. Half of the 16 with a depth found water at 16–65 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 44% practically impermeable; 40% porous aquifer, high productivity; 14% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 12 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 585 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 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 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 409 mm a year (1971–2000), about 372 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32 °C, about 36 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 30 a year, about 12 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Hinojosas de Calatrava · Argamasilla de Calatrava · Cabezarrubias del Puerto · Mestanza · Villanueva de San Carlos · Brazatortas · Aldea del Rey · Almodóvar del Campo