Torres de la Alameda

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 1993. 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?

IGME records one well or borehole in Torres de la Alameda. Its depth: 9 m.

Ground: 67% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 12% porous aquifer, high productivity; 11% low permeability, local groundwater only; 6.2% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 848 ha in all, the latest in 2024.
• 4.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.5% in the 500-year one.
• 2.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 2.7% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 347 mm a year (1971–2000), about 327 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.3 °C, about 35.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 49 a year, about 27 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villalbilla · Loeches · Valverde de Alcalá · Pozuelo del Rey · Alcalá de Henares · San Fernando de Henares