Royuela de Río Franco

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 3 wells and boreholes in Royuela de Río Franco. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 60–98 m.

Ground: 59% low permeability, local groundwater only; 33% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 7.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 44% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 400 mm a year (1971–2000), about 379 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 26.8 °C, about 30.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 86 a year, about 60 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Espinosa de Cerrato · Cobos de Cerrato · Torrepadre · Avellanosa de Muñó · Villahoz · Tordómar · Palenzuela