Santibáñez de Ecla

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Santibáñez de Ecla. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 43% low permeability, local groundwater only; 19% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 18% practically impermeable; 10% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9.4% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 9 ha, in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 39% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 576 mm a year (1971–2000), about 536 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.3 °C, about 28 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 103 a year, about 74 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Prádanos de Ojeda · La Vid de Ojeda · Alar del Rey · Olmos de Ojeda · Aguilar de Campoo