Voto

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Cantabria allows a new house on rustic land only within 200 m of a village, on at least 1,500 m².

Ley 5/2022, art. 51. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1994. 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 Voto. Half of the 3 with a depth found water at 112–160 m. 16 springs are recorded.

Ground: 65% karstic or fissured aquifer, high productivity; 30% low permeability, local groundwater only.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• 11 fires since 2016 reached the municipality: 297 ha in all, the latest in 2026.
• 5.3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 5.3% in the 500-year one.
• 5.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 10% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• 10% 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 98% of homes; fibre 97%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 1,338 mm a year (1971–2000), about 1,126 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 22.6 °C, about 24.7 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 13 a year, about 5 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Ruesga · Bárcena de Cicero · Solórzano · Colindres · Limpias · Hazas de Cesto · Ampuero · Rasines