Valle de la Serena

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 1996. 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 3 wells and boreholes in Valle de la Serena. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 7–8 m.

Ground: 95% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 3.8% 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 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 393 mm a year (1971–2000), about 353 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.8 °C, about 36.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 12 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Quintana de la Serena · Higuera de la Serena · Retamal de Llerena · La Haba · Zalamea de la Serena · Don Benito · Oliva de Mérida · Campillo de Llerena