Valderredible

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2019. 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 one well or borehole in Valderredible. Its depth: 90 m. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 67% low permeability, local groundwater only; 21% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9.7% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 10 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 481 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 18% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 95% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 687 mm a year (1971–2000), about 601 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.7 °C, about 27.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 89 a year, about 62 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Berzosilla · Valdeprado del Río · Alfoz de Santa Gadea · Alfoz de Bricia · Sargentes de la Lora · Valle de Valdebezana · Pomar de Valdivia · Basconcillos del Tozo