Torrejón del Rey

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1988. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 94% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 13 wells and boreholes in Torrejón del Rey. Half of the 13 with a depth found water at 10–235 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 91% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 8.9% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 5 ha, in 2026.
• 3.2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.2% in the 500-year one.
• 1.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 403 mm a year (1971–2000), about 380 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.9 °C, about 34.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 56 a year, about 34 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valdeaveruelo · Galápagos · Valdeavero · Ribatejada · Fresno de Torote