Zarza de Tajo

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 1991. The region's planning viewer ↗

The SIU does not map land classes here: the town plan is the source.

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

Is there water?

No well or borehole is recorded in Zarza de Tajo. That is not proof there is no water: ask local drillers. 2 springs are recorded.

Ground: 64% practically impermeable; 33% low permeability, local groundwater only.

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).
• 28% of the municipality is Natura 2000: new works need the region's consent.
• Not a radon zone.

Living here

• 4G reaches 99% of homes; fibre 87%. Averages for the municipality.
• Rain: 342 mm a year (1971–2000), about 317 by 2041–2070.
• Summer highs: 31.4 °C, about 35.5 °C by 2041–2070.
• Frost days: 54 a year, about 31 by 2041–2070.

Around it

Belinchón · Santa Cruz de la Zarza · Fuentidueña de Tajo · Tarancón · Estremera