Villanueva del Pardillo

Can you build a house on rustic land?

The Madrid region allows no new houses on rustic land. Restoring an existing or listed building is the way.

Ley 9/2001, art. 29. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Plan General (a full town plan), from 1998. 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 43 wells and boreholes in Villanueva del Pardillo. Half of the 43 with a depth found water at 10–96 m. 5 springs are recorded.

Ground: 96% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 0.5% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 0.5% in the 500-year one.
• 42% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 42% 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 99%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 405 mm a year (1971–2000), about 381 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 44 a year, about 22 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Villanueva de la Cañada · Colmenarejo · Majadahonda · Las Rozas de Madrid · Valdemorillo · Galapagar