Santiuste de Pedraza

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 2012. 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 Santiuste de Pedraza. Its depth: 203 m.

Ground: 59% practically impermeable; 38% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 868 ha, in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 100% 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 61%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 564 mm a year (1971–2000), about 517 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25.5 °C, about 29.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 83 a year, about 54 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Cubillo · Pelayos del Arroyo · Torre Val de San Pedro · Arahuetes · Pedraza · Aldealengua de Pedraza · Turégano