Torrelodones

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 1997. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Torrelodones. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 76% practically impermeable; 24% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 1% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 1% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 76% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 76% 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 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 483 mm a year (1971–2000), about 448 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.9 °C, about 34 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 49 a year, about 26 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Galapagar · Hoyo de Manzanares · Las Rozas de Madrid · Moralzarzal · Madrid