Quintana del Castillo

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2010. 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 Quintana del Castillo. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 41% practically impermeable; 26% low permeability, local groundwater only; 25% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 6.8% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 7 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 306 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 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 94% of homes; fibre 65%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 579 mm a year (1971–2000), about 527 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.9 °C, about 28.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 99 a year, about 72 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villamejil · Valdesamario · Llamas de la Ribera · Magaz de Cepeda · Villagatón · Las Omañas · Benavides · Turcia