Santa Lucía de Tirajana

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Canarias allows houses only inside the rural settlements the town plan marks.

Ley 4/2017, arts. 35 y 60. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2004. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Santa Lucía de Tirajana. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 38% porous aquifer, high productivity; 31% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 23% low permeability, local groundwater only; 5.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 1,969 ha in all, the latest in 2023.
• 1.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.2% in the 500-year one.
• 9.3% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 11% 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 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 120 mm a year (1971–2000), about 73 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.2 °C, about 31.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Agüimes · San Bartolomé de Tirajana · Valsequillo de Gran Canaria