Residential space (espaço habitacional): can you build on it in Portugal?
Yes, within the plan: a residential space (espaço habitacional) is urban land meant mainly for housing, and it can host other uses compatible with housing, within the PDM's limits.
- Answer
- Housing is the preferred use.
- Definition
- Areas intended preferably for housing, with other compatible uses allowed.
- 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(b)
- Sources
- files.diariodarepublica.pt/1s/2015/08/16100/0613706143.pdf
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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