Valdetorres de Jarama

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 85 wells and boreholes in Valdetorres de Jarama. Half of the 85 with a depth found water at 5–7 m. 10 springs are recorded.

Ground: 91% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 9.1% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 25 ha, in 2023.
• 6.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 10% in the 500-year one.
• 3.4% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 52% 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 90%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 376 mm a year (1971–2000), about 355 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.1 °C, about 35.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 52 a year, about 30 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Talamanca de Jarama · El Molar · Fuente el Saz de Jarama · Valdeolmos-Alalpardo · Ribatejada · El Casar