Rascafría

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1985. 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 Rascafría. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 72% practically impermeable; 20% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 615 ha in all, the latest in 2019.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.8% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 86% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 53% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 784 mm a year (1971–2000), about 716 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.1 °C, about 27.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 112 a year, about 74 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Alameda del Valle · Real Sitio de San Ildefonso · Palazuelos de Eresma · Canencia · Trescasas · Miraflores de la Sierra · Manzanares el Real · Torrecaballeros