Viladecavalls

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Catalonia allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

DL 1/2010, art. 47. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2003. 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 Viladecavalls. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 69% practically impermeable; 18% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 7.3% low permeability, local groundwater only.

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).
• 20% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 20% 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 93%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 446 mm a year (1971–2000), about 379 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.6 °C, about 32.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 24 a year, about 9 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Ullastrell · Olesa de Montserrat · Terrassa · Abrera · Vacarisses