Valdeolmos-Alalpardo

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?

IGME records 27 wells and boreholes in Valdeolmos-Alalpardo. Half of the 27 with a depth found water at 5–15 m. 4 springs are recorded.

Ground: 97% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 3.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.6% in the 500-year one.
• 1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% 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 94%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 378 mm a year (1971–2000), about 357 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 30.7 °C, about 34.9 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 52 a year, about 30 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Algete · Ribatejada · Fresno de Torote · Fuente el Saz de Jarama · Valdetorres de Jarama · Daganzo de Arriba