Santibáñez de Valcorba

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2010. 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?

IGME records one well or borehole in Santibáñez de Valcorba. Its depth: 280 m.

Ground: 39% practically impermeable; 27% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 26% porous aquifer, high productivity; 8.8% low permeability, local groundwater only.

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).
• 23% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 374 mm a year (1971–2000), about 356 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.3 °C, about 32.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 76 a year, about 51 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Sardón de Duero · Traspinedo · Montemayor de Pililla · Cogeces del Monte · Quintanilla de Onésimo