Yunquera de Henares

Can you build a house on rustic land?

Castilla-La Mancha requires at least 1.5 ha for a new house on rustic land.

Other cases: 3 ha on protected rustic land.

Orden 4/2020, art. 5. A town plan can be stricter.

Plan in force: Normas Subsidiarias (an older, simpler plan), from 1983. The region's planning viewer ↗

The national urban information system (SIU) maps the land class for 99% of the municipality.

Only the town hall can confirm it, in writing: ask for a certificado urbanístico.

Is there water?

IGME records 5 wells and boreholes in Yunquera de Henares. Half of the 5 with a depth found water at 15–21 m.

Ground: 58% porous aquifer, high productivity; 37% porous aquifer, medium productivity.

Choosing where to drill takes a hydrogeologist.

What to watch for

• No mapped fire since 2016.
• 4.3% of the municipality lies in the 100-year flood zone; 4.8% in the 500-year one.
• 4.3% of the municipality is preferential flow zone, where new building is generally banned.
• 3.7% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Radon zone I: new and restored homes need radon protection by law.

Living here

• 4G reaches 100% of homes; fibre 96%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 411 mm a year (1971–2000), about 387 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31 °C, about 35.2 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 65 a year, about 41 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Fontanar · Mohernando · Ciruelas · Tórtola de Henares · Málaga del Fresno · Guadalajara