Santa Bárbara de Casa

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2013. 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 Santa Bárbara de Casa. Its depth: 40 m.

Ground: 90% practically impermeable; 9.8% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 9 ha, in 2020.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.09 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 85%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 537 mm a year (1971–2000), about 464 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.5 °C, about 35.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 3 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cabezas Rubias · Paymogo · Rosal de la Frontera · Puebla de Guzmán · Aroche