Villa del Prado

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1997. 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 133 wells and boreholes in Villa del Prado. Half of the 133 with a depth found water at 5–12 m. 10 springs are recorded.

Ground: 50% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 41% practically impermeable; 9.4% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 3 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 20,121 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 3.6% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.6% in the 500-year one.
• 3.1% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 94% 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 92%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 434 mm a year (1971–2000), about 408 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32 °C, about 36.1 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 37 a year, about 18 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Almorox · Aldea del Fresno · Santa Cruz del Retamar · San Martín de Valdeiglesias