Serranillos del Valle

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2006. 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 20 wells and boreholes in Serranillos del Valle. Half of the 20 with a depth found water at 20–108 m.

Ground: 97% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 30 ha, in 2019.
• 2.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.6% in the 500-year one.
• 1.8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 17% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 17% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 347 mm a year (1971–2000), about 328 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.9 °C, about 35 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 40 a year, about 20 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Griñón · Batres · Cubas de la Sagra · Carranque · Moraleja de Enmedio · Ugena