San Esteban de la Sierra

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 2008. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 97% 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 San Esteban de la Sierra. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 100% practically impermeable.

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).
• 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 767 mm a year (1971–2000), about 719 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.2 °C, about 33.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 52 a year, about 30 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Tornadizo · Santibáñez de la Sierra · Los Santos · Cristóbal · San Miguel de Valero · Valdefuentes de Sangusín · Valero