Sant Feliu de Guíxols

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2006. 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 12 wells and boreholes in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Half of the 12 with a depth found water at 5–8 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 89% practically impermeable; 9.8% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.2% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 37% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 37% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 453 mm a year (1971–2000), about 374 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25.2 °C, about 28.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 2 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Santa Cristina d'Aro · Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro i s'Agaró