Villares de Yeltes

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.

Plan in force: Delimitación de Suelo Urbano (only marks the town's edge), from 1993. 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 4 wells and boreholes in Villares de Yeltes. Half of the 4 with a depth found water at 3–5 m. One spring is recorded.

Ground: 84% practically impermeable; 15% porous aquifer, medium 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).
• 11% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone II: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 88% of homes; fibre 89%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 461 mm a year (1971–2000), about 434 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 28.9 °C, about 33 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 58 a year, about 36 by 2041–2070.

Around it

El Cubo de Don Sancho · Villavieja de Yeltes · Boada · Pozos de Hinojo · Retortillo · Moronta · Yecla de Yeltes