Villanueva del Fresno

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: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1988. 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 3 wells and boreholes in Villanueva del Fresno. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 84–110 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 97% practically impermeable.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 2 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 33 ha in all, the latest in 2022.
• No mapped flood zone (only studied rivers are mapped).
• 71% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 1.7% 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 98%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 481 mm a year (1971–2000), about 422 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 32.2 °C, about 35.6 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 5 a year, about 1 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Higuera de Vargas · Zahínos · Valencia del Mombuey · Alconchel · Oliva de la Frontera