Sancti-Spíritus

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 2007. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 23 wells and boreholes in Sancti-Spíritus. Half of the 23 with a depth found water at 3–5 m.

Ground: 83% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 11% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5.3% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 635 ha, in 2016.
• 1.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.8% in the 500-year one.
• 5.3% 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: 465 mm a year (1971–2000), about 438 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.7 °C, about 32.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 57 a year, about 35 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Retortillo · Castraz · Castillejo de Martín Viejo · Olmedo de Camaces · Alba de Yeltes · Martín de Yeltes · Tenebrón · Fuenteliante