Valdecaballeros

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1990. 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?

IGME records 11 wells and boreholes in Valdecaballeros. Half of the 11 with a depth found water at 30–39 m. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 46% practically impermeable; 41% low permeability, local groundwater only; 12% surface water body.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 4 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 2,813 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• 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.
• 46% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 9.9% 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 85%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 609 mm a year (1971–2000), about 553 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.3 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 19 a year, about 6 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Casas de Don Pedro · Castilblanco · Talarrubias · Herrera del Duque · Alía · Cañamero