Torre Val de San Pedro

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 2013. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Torre Val de San Pedro. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 76% practically impermeable; 10% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 8.1% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 5.2% porous aquifer, high 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 84%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 689 mm a year (1971–2000), about 632 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.9 °C, about 27 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 104 a year, about 67 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Navafría · Collado Hermoso · Santiuste de Pedraza · Aldealengua de Pedraza · Pelayos del Arroyo · Lozoya · Pinilla del Valle