Valle de Valdelucio

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla y León allows a new house on rustic land only when a farm needs it. Otherwise it has to go in a village, or restore a building.

Ley 5/1999, art. 23.1.e. A town plan can be stricter.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records one well or borehole in Valle de Valdelucio. Its depth: 2,150 m.

Ground: 41% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 25% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 18% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9.9% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity; 5.8% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.6% in the 500-year one.
• 0.6% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 50% 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 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 581 mm a year (1971–2000), about 536 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 23.6 °C, about 27.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 99 a year, about 71 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Humada · Pomar de Valdivia · Rebolledo de la Torre · Berzosilla · Basconcillos del Tozo · Sargentes de la Lora · Aguilar de Campoo · Valderredible