Villanueva del Trabuco

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 1996. 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 30 wells and boreholes in Villanueva del Trabuco. Half of the 30 with a depth found water at 4–8 m. 9 springs are recorded.

Ground: 81% low permeability, local groundwater only; 14% porous aquifer, high productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 2% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 2.5% in the 500-year one.
• 0.5% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 14% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 0.5% of the municipality is a protected natural area, whose plan limits what can be done.
• Not a radon zone.
• Basic seismic acceleration 0.13 g: new buildings need seismic design.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 606 mm a year (1971–2000), about 522 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.8 °C, about 32.4 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 8 a year, about 3 by 2041–2070.

Around it

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