Villafranca de Duero

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 2004. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Villafranca de Duero. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 102–110 m.

Ground: 61% porous aquifer, high productivity; 38% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 25% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 28% in the 500-year one.
• 15% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 7.1% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 301 mm a year (1971–2000), about 289 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.4 °C, about 33.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 69 a year, about 45 by 2041–2070.

Around it

San Román de Hornija · Castronuño · Toro