Talamanca de Jarama

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2004. 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 29 wells and boreholes in Talamanca de Jarama. Half of the 29 with a depth found water at 5–7 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 85% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 15% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 25 ha, in 2023.
• 5.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 7.5% in the 500-year one.
• 3.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 73% 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 100% of homes; fibre 86%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 406 mm a year (1971–2000), about 382 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.8 °C, about 35 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 55 a year, about 32 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valdepiélagos · Valdetorres de Jarama · El Vellón · El Casar · El Molar · Uceda · Torrelaguna · Ribatejada