San Fernando de Henares

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2002. 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?

IGME records 99 wells and boreholes in San Fernando de Henares. Half of the 99 with a depth found water at 6–9 m. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 64% porous aquifer, high productivity; 33% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 39 ha, in 2022.
• 24% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 30% in the 500-year one.
• 15% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 39% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 34% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 315 mm a year (1971–2000), about 298 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32 °C, about 36.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 50 a year, about 28 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Coslada · Mejorada del Campo · Torrejón de Ardoz · Paracuellos de Jarama · Loeches · Rivas-Vaciamadrid · Torres de la Alameda · Alcalá de Henares