Vega de San Mateo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Canarias allows houses only inside the rural settlements the town plan marks.

Ley 4/2017, arts. 35 y 60. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2005. 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?

No well or borehole is recorded in Vega de San Mateo. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 92% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.8% karstic or fissured aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 10,853 ha in all, the latest in 2025.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 22% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 54% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 68%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 419 mm a year (1971–2000), about 254 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.3 °C, about 27.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 0 a year, about 0 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Valleseco · Valsequillo de Gran Canaria · Teror · Santa Brígida · Tejeda · San Bartolomé de Tirajana