Villanueva del Arzobispo

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler 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 74 wells and boreholes in Villanueva del Arzobispo. Half of the 72 with a depth found water at 100–210 m. 42 springs are recorded.

Ground: 57% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 23% practically impermeable; 10% low permeability, local groundwater only; 9% 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).
• 26% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 25% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 667 mm a year (1971–2000), about 572 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.7 °C, about 35.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 24 a year, about 9 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Iznatoraf · Villacarrillo · Sorihuela del Guadalimar · Beas de Segura · Hornos · Castellar · Santiago-Pontones