San Esteban de Zapardiel

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 21 wells and boreholes in San Esteban de Zapardiel. Half of the 21 with a depth found water at 47–102 m.

Ground: 88% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 13% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.8% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 80%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 292 mm a year (1971–2000), about 280 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.5 °C, about 33.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 66 a year, about 43 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Castellanos de Zapardiel · Moraleja de Matacabras · Sinlabajos · Lomoviejo · Salvador de Zapardiel