San Martín del Tesorillo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1985. 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 one well or borehole in San Martín del Tesorillo. Its depth: 50 m.

Ground: 87% low permeability, local groundwater only; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 4.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.7% in the 500-year one.
• 1.8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 0.6% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.6% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 803 mm a year (1971–2000), about 671 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.2 °C, about 34 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Castellar de la Frontera · Manilva · Casares · Jimena de la Frontera · San Roque