Santillana del Mar

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2004. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% 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 Santillana del Mar. Its depth: 80 m. 34 springs are recorded.

Ground: 42% practically impermeable; 24% low permeability, local groundwater only; 18% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 8.3% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 6.4% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1.3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1.3% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.6% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,074 mm a year (1971–2000), about 903 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.8 °C, about 24.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 7 a year, about 2 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Suances · Reocín · Polanco · Torrelavega · Alfoz de Lloredo