Economic activities space (espaço de atividades económicas): can you build on it in Portugal?
Yes for business uses, not for housing: an economic activities space (espaço de atividades económicas) is urban land meant for industry, storage and logistics, commerce and services, as the PDM regulates.
- Answer
- Business uses are the preferred use; housing depends on the plan.
- Definition
- Areas for activities with special needs for land allocation and organisation, such as industry, storage, logistics, commerce and services.
- Who decides
- The municipality.
- Council rules
- The municipal plan (PDM) sets the detail for your plot; ask the council for a planning certificate (certidão) and the plan maps.
- Legal basis
- Decreto Regulamentar 15/2015, article 25(c)
- Sources
- files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/08/16100/0613706143.pdf
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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