Torres de Albánchez

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1980. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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

Is there water?

IGME records one well or borehole in Torres de Albánchez. Its depth: 120 m. 16 springs are recorded.

Ground: 67% practically impermeable; 32% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 9 ha, in 2021.
• 0.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.7% in the 500-year one.
• 0.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 82% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 82% 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 78%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 649 mm a year (1971–2000), about 562 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.3 °C, about 35.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 35 a year, about 15 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Benatae · Génave · Villarrodrigo · Siles · La Puerta de Segura