Santibáñez de Esgueva

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 Esgueva. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 54% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 36% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.4% in the 500-year one.
• 2.2% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 95% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 408 mm a year (1971–2000), about 385 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 27.1 °C, about 31.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 85 a year, about 59 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cabañes de Esgueva · Bahabón de Esgueva · Oquillas · Sotillo de la Ribera · Gumiel de Izán · Cilleruelo de Abajo · Gumiel de Mercado