Low-density urban space (espaço urbano de baixa densidade): can you build on it in Portugal?
Yes, within the plan: a low-density urban space (espaço urbano de baixa densidade) is partly built peri-urban land to which the plan gives mainly urban functions, with farm uses mixed in and a flexible regime.
- Answer
- Building follows the PDM's specific low-density regime.
- Definition
- Peri-urban areas, partly urbanised and built, with a hybrid urban-rural pattern.
- 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(e)
- Sources
- files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/08/16100/0613706143.pdf
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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