Last week we started with the answer to a recurring question. ¿We can have a prefabricated house on a non-buildable plot? The answer was more than obvious, we can't. But in our desire to do some pedagogy we decided to give the answer a twist. So let's go to the origins of the question. What is a home, what is buildable land, and the requirements for a construction to be considered suitable for housing use. Today we end up closing this circle.
Buildable land, what is it?
Last week we came to the conclusion that buildable land is that suitable for building homes. And it is suitable for constructions for residential use because the urban planning regulations say so. Let us remember that this will be seen in municipal regulations, which are in connection with regional and state regulations. Thus, the higher standards will indicate which land is buildable, and the local standards will indicate the use of those buildable lands. In general, buildable land is known colloquially as a plot or plot. It depends largely on the region of Spain in which we are.
In general, local regulations require several requirements for a plot to be buildable. As long as you have access through paved public roads. That services such as drinking water supply reach the site. Electrical energy supplies, connection or possible connection to sanitation. Other public services such as lighting or telephone lines. Other conditions or requirements may be the minimum size of the lot.
Non-buildable plot or lot, what about my prefabricated home?
If you have reached this point you already know the answer. The subtitle is a rhetorical question so don't expect any answer. Non-buildable land cannot contain constructions dedicated to residential use. Sometimes we are faced with non-buildable plots on rural land and there may be regulations that do allow construction on them. Auxiliary constructions that serve to store agricultural implements, for example. Or for activities related to livestock. In any case, these auxiliary constructions must also comply with the technical and urban planning requirements imposed by the Law.
We know that it is a temptation to carry out a construction for a purpose other than residential, and permitted by regulations, and then use the construction for residential use. For example as a weekend "refuge", etc. Well, it is not a great idea, firstly because this construction is going to lack minimum services. The plot on rural land does not have to have connections to services and supplies. And secondly, both the City Councils and the Autonomous Communities pursue this fraud of Law ex officio. This prosecution involves heavy fines and criminal proceedings if necessary. He does not rent the profit in any case.
Buildable land, and my prefabricated home
If our plot is on buildable land, there is no problem in having our home prefabricated. Or answered another way, there are the same problems as having a conventional home. That is to say zero problems. In both options the only thing we have to do is comply with the specific urban planning regulations. And compliance with the Technical Building Code.
As a summary or conclusion of the two entries of these two weeks. The consideration of housing for a construction is given by compliance with certain requirements. These requirements are both technical and urban planning. In the section on technical requirements in Spain, compliance with the CTE is mandatory, while some autonomous communities have complementary standards to it. This means that in any case they will be improvements adapted to the reality of the territory.
The urban planning requirements are to have a plot of land on buildable land. The preparation of a construction project by a registered architect. Likewise, a construction management team must be available. Who will be the "executor" of the project, made up of an Architect and Surveyor. A building permit must be requested from the Town Hall where the site is located. And once the building license is granted, the project will be executed. Subsequently, the home must obtain the certificate of occupancy.
