Santa María del Berrocal

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: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1983. 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 María del Berrocal. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 56% low permeability, local groundwater only; 45% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 443 mm a year (1971–2000), about 413 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.5 °C, about 31.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 77 a year, about 52 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Bartolomé de Corneja · Villar de Corneja · Gallegos de Solmirón · Hoyorredondo · Malpartida de Corneja · El Mirón · Navamorales