Santiago de Alcántara

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2003. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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

Is there water?

IGME records 4 wells and boreholes in Santiago de Alcántara. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 68–70 m. 13 springs are recorded.

Ground: 98% 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).
• 36% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 26% 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 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 427 mm a year (1971–2000), about 396 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.9 °C, about 35.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 9 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Carbajo · Herrera de Alcántara · Membrío · Valencia de Alcántara