Public-utility easement or restriction (servidão ou restrição de utilidade pública): can you build on it in Portugal?

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It depends on the restriction: an easement or restriction of public utility (servidão ou restrição de utilidade pública, SRUP) can limit or block building, and the PDM's constraints map must show those in force.

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Answer: Check the constraints map before assuming you can build.
Where to look: The PDM's constraints map (planta de condicionantes); the DGT lists SRUP by municipality.
Who decides: The municipality decides the permit, after the opinions each restriction requires.
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: RJIGT (Decreto-Lei 80/2015), contents of the municipal plan
Sources: files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/05/09300/0246902512.pdf
dgterritorio.gov.pt/atividades/ordenamento/sgt/srup
Checked: 2026-11-05

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