Villamanrique de Tajo

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 2016. 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 Villamanrique de Tajo. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 6–9 m.

Ground: 61% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 25% low permeability, local groundwater only; 7.6% porous aquifer, high productivity; 5.7% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 12% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 15% in the 500-year one.
• 11% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 7.6% 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 88%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 322 mm a year (1971–2000), about 301 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.6 °C, about 35.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 53 a year, about 32 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villarejo de Salvanés · Fuentidueña de Tajo · Santa Cruz de la Zarza