Velilla de San Antonio

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: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1995. 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 one well or borehole in Velilla de San Antonio. Its depth: 4 m.

Ground: 55% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 30% porous aquifer, high productivity; 15% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 23% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 25% in the 500-year one.
• 13% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 100% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 99% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 100%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 318 mm a year (1971–2000), about 301 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.9 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 50 a year, about 28 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Mejorada del Campo · Rivas-Vaciamadrid · Loeches · Arganda del Rey