San Felices de Buelna

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2016. 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 San Felices de Buelna. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 3 springs are recorded.

Ground: 50% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 12% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 8.4% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 18 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 634 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 3.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.9% in the 500-year one.
• 3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,254 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,055 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.9 °C, about 25 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 16 a year, about 6 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Puente Viesgo · Los Corrales de Buelna · Anievas · Cartes · Corvera de Toranzo · Torrelavega