Talayuela

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 2001. 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 5 wells and boreholes in Talayuela. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 6–8 m.

Ground: 74% low permeability, local groundwater only; 21% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 38 ha, in 2020.
• 2.9% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.8% in the 500-year one.
• 1.9% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 5.8% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 712 mm a year (1971–2000), about 652 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 34 °C, about 38.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 24 a year, about 9 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Collado de la Vera · Casatejada · Navalmoral de la Mata · Tiétar · Cuacos de Yuste · Jarandilla de la Vera · Rosalejo · Losar de la Vera