Villanueva del Aceral

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.

No town plan: the region's general rules apply. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 2 wells and boreholes in Villanueva del Aceral. Half of the 2 with a depth found water at 6–170 m.

Ground: 79% porous aquifer, medium productivity; 11% low permeability, local groundwater only; 10% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 33% 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 83%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 295 mm a year (1971–2000), about 283 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 29.2 °C, about 33.3 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 65 a year, about 42 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Langa · Fuentes de Año · Sinlabajos · Barromán · Aldeaseca · Castellanos de Zapardiel