Industrial activities space in rustic land: can you build on it in Portugal?
Only for industry tied to the land: a plan may set a rustic category for industrial activities directly linked to farm, livestock or forest products or to exploiting geological and energy resources.
- Answer
- Unconnected industry is incompatible with rustic land.
- Condition
- The activity must be directly linked to rural production or resources.
- 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, articles 16(3) and 22
- Sources
- files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/08/16100/0613706143.pdf
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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