Vegaquemada

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.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler 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 Vegaquemada. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 7 springs are recorded.

Ground: 67% low permeability, local groundwater only; 17% porous aquifer, high productivity; 6.3% practically impermeable; 5.6% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 64 ha, in 2021.
• 2.8% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.9% in the 500-year one.
• 1.4% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 75%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 833 mm a year (1971–2000), about 759 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 24.8 °C, about 28.8 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 116 a year, about 85 by 2041–2070.

Around it

La Vecilla · Santa Colomba de Curueño · La Ercina · Valdepiélago · Boñar · Vegas del Condado · Gradefes