Vilar de Santos

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Galicia 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 2/2016, arts. 35 y 39. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2002. 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 Vilar de Santos. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers.

Ground: 58% practically impermeable; 41% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 9 ha, in 2022.
• 26% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 30% in the 500-year one.
• 10% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 5.8% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 56%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 855 mm a year (1971–2000), about 763 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 25.2 °C, about 28.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 35 a year, about 20 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Rairiz de Veiga · Sandiás · Porqueira · Xinzo de Limia · Allariz