Villanueva de la Serena

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Extremadura requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Ley 11/2018, art. 70. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 2015. 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 7 wells and boreholes in Villanueva de la Serena. Half of the 7 with a depth found water at 5–14 m.

Ground: 58% low permeability, local groundwater only; 22% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 15% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 6 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 93 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 14% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 19% in the 500-year one.
• 8% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 7% 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 95%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 385 mm a year (1971–2000), about 347 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 33.6 °C, about 37.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 14 a year, about 4 by 2041–2070.

Around it

La Coronada · Rena · Magacela · La Haba · Don Benito