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Five answers to get, in this order

Each answer narrows the next. Stop at the first one that says no.

1

What is the land?

Where

PDM maps and the câmara planning department

Answers

Solo rústico or urbano, the category, and any RAN or REN overlay

Does not answer

Whether a specific house will be approved

2

What do the records describe?

Where

Caderneta predial (AT) and certidão permanente (Conservatória)

Answers

Which articles exist, recorded areas, whether a building is recorded

Does not answer

Buildability. "Terreno para construção" can rest on a past deed declaration

3

What will the câmara allow?

Where

Pedido de informação prévia RJUE Art. 14.º to 17.º

Answers

A binding answer for that plot, valid for two years if favourable

Does not answer

The condition of what is standing

4

Is the ruin a lawful building?

Where

Licensing file, pre-1951 certidão, recorded footprint

Answers

The last valid antecedent a reconstruction can restore

Does not answer

How much of it can be reused

5

What is standing?

Where

Engineer's site visit

Answers

Walls, foundations, roof, measured footprint, later additions, water and wastewater

Does not answer

Planning questions: those are steps 1 to 4

The deed records only the seller's declaration about the título urbanístico, including that none exists RJUE Art. 4.º-A n.º 14. It confirms none of the five.
Sources: DL 555/99 (RJUE) as amended by DL 10/2024 and DL 108/2026 (in force 1 Oct 2026) · Lei 31/2014 · DL 73/2009 (RAN) · DL 166/2008 (REN) · CIMI Art. 6.º n.º 3 · Reviewed 26 Sep 2026