Villanueva de la Reina

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Andalucía requires at least 2.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 5 ha on forest land.

Decreto 550/2022, art. 31. 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?

IGME records 112 wells and boreholes in Villanueva de la Reina. Half of the 105 with a depth found water at 6–50 m. 15 springs are recorded.

Ground: 62% practically impermeable; 24% porous aquifer, high productivity; 10% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• One fire since 2016 reached the municipality: 840 ha, in 2024.
• 3.7% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 3.7% in the 500-year one.
• 3.7% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 56% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 4.6% 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 73%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 547 mm a year (1971–2000), about 487 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.7 °C, about 37.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 16 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Bailén · Andújar · Espeluy · Baños de la Encina · Guarromán · Cazalilla · Lahiguera · Fuerte del Rey