Resumos automáticos gerados a partir do regulamento do PDM de Faro, com os artigos citados. Podem conter erros — confirme sempre o texto oficial do plano.
Espaço Agrícola
Zona: Espaço agrícola - Área de agricultura condicionada I, Espaço agrícola, Área de agricultura condicionada I, Solo Rústico · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.4-mini)
Key building parameters found:
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including TER and TH): 2000 m2
- maximum building height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- maximum construction area (PNRF, complementary protection type I, housing): 150 m2
- maximum construction area (PNRF, complementary protection type I, tourism): 500 m2
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- maximum construction area (housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (TER): 2000 m2
- maximum combined built area when uses coexist: 2800m2
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (support buildings for livestock holdings) reference area: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF, complementary protection type I) maximum building height: 3 m
- setback from municipal roads (buildings): 8 m
- setback from municipal paths (buildings): 7 m
- setback from municipal roads (walls and fences): 5 m
- setback from municipal paths (walls and fences): 4 m
- maximum height of walls and fences: 1,80 m
- maximum height of opaque part facing the public road: 1,20 m
- regional bed quota (Algarve): 24 000
- municipal bed quota (Faro): 1030 camas
Article 65 (Identification): Identifies the agricultural production spaces as areas with high land capability and agricultural aptitude, whether or not they are part of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN).
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Sets the conditions for isolated buildings for the farmer’s housing or other uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry exploitation, including small first-processing industrial units and rural tourism / holiday accommodation. It requires a property of at least 10 hectares, integration in an economically viable agricultural or agro-forestry holding, autonomous sustainable infrastructure if public networks are not feasible, and the farmer’s dwelling must be the resident’s own home. Buildability limits are: housing 500 m2; other uses including TER and TH 2000 m2; maximum façade height 7,5 m; maximum 2 floors. In PNRF complementary protection areas, housing is limited to 150 m2 and no increase in floors, while tourism accommodation is limited to 500 m2; in type II complementary protection areas, certain constructions and new works remain subject to prior opinion.
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including TER and TH): 2000 m2
- maximum building height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- maximum construction area (PNRF, complementary protection type I, housing): 150 m2
- maximum construction area (PNRF, complementary protection type I, tourism): 500 m2
Article 50 (Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works on Existing Buildings): Allows conservation, alteration and extension works on existing buildings with a structurally and volumetrically defined pre-existing building, regardless of prior use except agricultural support buildings and warehouses. Permitted end-uses include housing, public interest uses, TER and TH, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurants and other compatible rural uses. The works must preserve landscape integration, must not increase the existing number of floors, must use autonomous sustainable infrastructure if public networks are not feasible, and the total built area including extensions may not exceed 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other uses, or 2000 m2 for TER; when uses coexist, the total may reach 2800 m2, subject to each use’s limit.
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- maximum construction area (housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (TER): 2000 m2
- maximum combined built area when uses coexist: 2800m2
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Allows support buildings required by agricultural, agro-forestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by the competent sector services. Support buildings must be lightweight and removable, and there must be no other building on the property for the same purpose. It sets reference areas by crop type: 30 m2 per 0,5 hectares for irrigated horticulture; 30 m2 per 2,5 hectares for other irrigated crops; 30 m2 per 5 hectares for dryland crops; 30 m2 per 5 hectares for forest; and 10 m2 per livestock normal head. In PNRF complementary protection type I, such buildings must be lightweight/removable and may not exceed 3 m in height, except for silos, water tanks or specially justified installations.
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (support buildings for agricultural holdings) reference area: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (support buildings for livestock holdings) reference area: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF, complementary protection type I) maximum building height: 3 m
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Building): States the general ban on dispersed building in rural land, with exceptions for the new isolated buildings in Article 48.º, conservation/alteration/extension of existing buildings under Article 50.º, isolated hotel establishments under Article 52.º, support buildings under Article 49.º, and RERAE regularised operations. It also exempts public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructures, and renewable-energy equipment/infrastructures, including in agricultural spaces.
Article 51 (Setbacks, Delimitations and Relocation of Buildings): Sets general setbacks in rural land: buildings must stand back 8 m from the axis of municipal roads and 7 m from municipal paths; walls and fences must stand back 5 m and 4 m respectively. Boundary walls/fences may not exceed 1,80 m in height, and the opaque part facing the public road may not exceed 1,20 m unless lifted to 1,80 m with light, screened devices. It also allows, exceptionally, relocation of pre-existing buildings within the plot subject to compliance with the applicable space regime.
- setback from municipal roads (buildings): 8 m
- setback from municipal paths (buildings): 7 m
- setback from municipal roads (walls and fences): 5 m
- setback from municipal paths (walls and fences): 4 m
- maximum height of walls and fences: 1,80 m
- maximum height of opaque part facing the public road: 1,20 m
Article 46 (Principles): Sets the general principles for rural land: it is intended for productive primary-sector functions and conservation of ecosystems and natural values, and new buildings or use changes in rural land do not automatically trigger municipal infrastructure duties. In rural land, only the minimum vegetation removal strictly necessary for construction and access is permitted. It also states that rural-land buildability is regulated by Articles 46.º to 52.º.
Article 53 (Tourist Developments Outside Urban Perimeters): Provides that new tourist developments outside urban perimeters are subject to the Núcleos de Desenvolvimento Turístico (NDT) model, without prejudice to the specific regime for EHI, TER, TH and campgrounds/caravaning established elsewhere in the plan. It also sets the Algarve and Faro bed quotas, including 1030 beds for Faro.
- regional bed quota (Algarve): 24 000
- municipal bed quota (Faro): 1030 camas
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 65 — IdentificationIdentifies the agricultural production spaces as areas with high land capability and agricultural aptitude, whether or not they are part of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN).
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsSets the conditions for isolated buildings for the farmer’s housing or other uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry exploitation, including small first-processing industrial units and rural tourism / holiday accommodation. It requires a property of at least 10 hectares, integration in an economically viable agricultural or agro-forestry holding, autonomous sustainable infrastructure if public networks are not feasible, and the farmer’s dwelling must be the resident’s own home. Buildability limits are: housing 500 m2; other uses including TER and TH 2000 m2; maximum façade height 7,5 m; maximum 2 floors. In PNRF complementary protection areas, housing is limited to 150 m2 and no increase in floors, while tourism accommodation is limited to 500 m2; in type II complementary protection areas, certain constructions and new works remain subject to prior opinion.
- Art. Article 50 — Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works on Existing BuildingsAllows conservation, alteration and extension works on existing buildings with a structurally and volumetrically defined pre-existing building, regardless of prior use except agricultural support buildings and warehouses. Permitted end-uses include housing, public interest uses, TER and TH, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurants and other compatible rural uses. The works must preserve landscape integration, must not increase the existing number of floors, must use autonomous sustainable infrastructure if public networks are not feasible, and the total built area including extensions may not exceed 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other uses, or 2000 m2 for TER; when uses coexist, the total may reach 2800 m2, subject to each use’s limit.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows support buildings required by agricultural, agro-forestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by the competent sector services. Support buildings must be lightweight and removable, and there must be no other building on the property for the same purpose. It sets reference areas by crop type: 30 m2 per 0,5 hectares for irrigated horticulture; 30 m2 per 2,5 hectares for other irrigated crops; 30 m2 per 5 hectares for dryland crops; 30 m2 per 5 hectares for forest; and 10 m2 per livestock normal head. In PNRF complementary protection type I, such buildings must be lightweight/removable and may not exceed 3 m in height, except for silos, water tanks or specially justified installations.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed BuildingStates the general ban on dispersed building in rural land, with exceptions for the new isolated buildings in Article 48.º, conservation/alteration/extension of existing buildings under Article 50.º, isolated hotel establishments under Article 52.º, support buildings under Article 49.º, and RERAE regularised operations. It also exempts public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructures, and renewable-energy equipment/infrastructures, including in agricultural spaces.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Delimitations and Relocation of BuildingsSets general setbacks in rural land: buildings must stand back 8 m from the axis of municipal roads and 7 m from municipal paths; walls and fences must stand back 5 m and 4 m respectively. Boundary walls/fences may not exceed 1,80 m in height, and the opaque part facing the public road may not exceed 1,20 m unless lifted to 1,80 m with light, screened devices. It also allows, exceptionally, relocation of pre-existing buildings within the plot subject to compliance with the applicable space regime.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesSets the general principles for rural land: it is intended for productive primary-sector functions and conservation of ecosystems and natural values, and new buildings or use changes in rural land do not automatically trigger municipal infrastructure duties. In rural land, only the minimum vegetation removal strictly necessary for construction and access is permitted. It also states that rural-land buildability is regulated by Articles 46.º to 52.º.
- Art. Article 53 — Tourist Developments Outside Urban PerimetersProvides that new tourist developments outside urban perimeters are subject to the Núcleos de Desenvolvimento Turístico (NDT) model, without prejudice to the specific regime for EHI, TER, TH and campgrounds/caravaning established elsewhere in the plan. It also sets the Algarve and Faro bed quotas, including 1030 beds for Faro.
- Art. Article 35 — Compatibility of Uses and ActivitiesLists, in general terms, uses and activities considered incompatible with the dominant use, including those that disturb traffic/parking, create safety risks, cause environmental or aesthetic degradation, or conflict with natural or heritage values, and other situations considered incompatible by general law.
Espaço Agrícola
Zona: Espaço agrícola - Área de Reserva Agrícola Nacional, Espaço agrícola, Área de Reserva Agrícola Nacional, Solo Rústico · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.4-mini)
Key building parameters found:
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- (farmer’s dwelling) maximum floor area: 500 m2
- (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)) maximum floor area: 2000 m2
- maximum building height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- (housing) maximum floor area: 300 m2
- (other purposes) maximum floor area: 500 m2
- (Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)) maximum floor area: 2000 m2
- (coexisting uses: habitation + TER and/or other purposes) maximum floor area: 2800m2
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- (agricultural, agroforestry or forestry support buildings) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (other irrigated crops) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (dry farming crops) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (forest) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (livestock support buildings) area reference: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF areas, support buildings for agricultural activity or cultural/pedagogical initiatives) maximum building height: 3 m
Article 65 (Identification): Identifies the agricultural production spaces as areas with high land-use capacity and agricultural aptitude, whether or not they are part of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN). This is identification only and sets no buildability parameters.
Article 66 (Buildability Regime): For agricultural production space, and without prejudice to the National Agricultural Reserve legal regime and other applicable rules, the buildability regime is the one established in Section I of Chapter III of Title IV. This article itself does not state the numerical parameters.
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Allows isolated buildings in rural land for the farmer’s dwelling or other uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry exploitation, including small first-transformation industrial units and rural tourism / housing tourism units. Conditions include: property area of at least 10 hectares; integration in an economically viable agricultural or agroforestry holding; self-sufficient environmentally sustainable infrastructure if public networks cannot be connected; farmer’s dwelling may not be sold for 10 years. Buildability parameters: habitação, área máxima de construção 500 m2; outros usos, incluindo Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) e Turismo de Habitação (TH), área máxima de construção 2000 m2; altura da fachada 7,5 m; número máximo de pisos 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados. It also sets special limits in PNRF protection areas.
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- (farmer’s dwelling) maximum floor area: 500 m2
- (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)) maximum floor area: 2000 m2
- maximum building height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
Article 50 (Works of Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing Buildings): Permits conservation, alteration and extension works for existing constructions in rural land, provided there is a structurally and volumetrically defined building. Allowed purposes include housing, public-interest uses, tourism in rural space (TER) and tourism housing (TH), collective social and cultural facilities, restaurants and other uses compatible with rural land. The article sets concrete buildability caps: total built area, including the extension, may not exceed 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; where uses coexist, the building may reach 2800 m2, respecting the maximum area of each use. Existing preconditions may override these caps if larger. No increase in the pre-existing number of floors is allowed; self-sufficient environmentally sustainable infrastructure is required if public networks cannot be connected.
- (housing) maximum floor area: 300 m2
- (other purposes) maximum floor area: 500 m2
- (Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)) maximum floor area: 2000 m2
- (coexisting uses: habitation + TER and/or other purposes) maximum floor area: 2800m2
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Allows support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by competent sector services. They must be light and removable, and no other building for the same purpose may already exist on the property. The article sets area-reference parameters by exploitation type, and in the PNRF protection areas it also fixes a maximum height of 3 m for certain support buildings.
- (agricultural, agroforestry or forestry support buildings) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (other irrigated crops) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (dry farming crops) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (forest) area reference: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (livestock support buildings) area reference: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF areas, support buildings for agricultural activity or cultural/pedagogical initiatives) maximum building height: 3 m
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Building): States the general rule that dispersed building is prohibited in rural land. It then lists exceptions relevant to agricultural/rural buildability: isolated new buildings under Article 48, conservation/alteration/extension of existing buildings under Article 50, support buildings under Article 49, isolated hotels under Article 52, and certain public-interest equipment/infrastructure and RERAE operations. It also allows public-interest collective equipment and renewable-energy infrastructure compatible with rural land, including in agricultural spaces.
Article 46 (Principles): Sets general principles for rural land: it is intended for primary-sector productive functions and conservation of ecosystems and natural values; the municipality is not obliged to provide urban infrastructure to new buildings in rural land; vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary; and buildability in rural land is governed by Articles 46.º to 52.º.
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 65 — IdentificationIdentifies the agricultural production spaces as areas with high land-use capacity and agricultural aptitude, whether or not they are part of the National Agricultural Reserve (RAN). This is identification only and sets no buildability parameters.
- Art. Article 66 — Buildability RegimeFor agricultural production space, and without prejudice to the National Agricultural Reserve legal regime and other applicable rules, the buildability regime is the one established in Section I of Chapter III of Title IV. This article itself does not state the numerical parameters.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsAllows isolated buildings in rural land for the farmer’s dwelling or other uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry exploitation, including small first-transformation industrial units and rural tourism / housing tourism units. Conditions include: property area of at least 10 hectares; integration in an economically viable agricultural or agroforestry holding; self-sufficient environmentally sustainable infrastructure if public networks cannot be connected; farmer’s dwelling may not be sold for 10 years. Buildability parameters: habitação, área máxima de construção 500 m2; outros usos, incluindo Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) e Turismo de Habitação (TH), área máxima de construção 2000 m2; altura da fachada 7,5 m; número máximo de pisos 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados. It also sets special limits in PNRF protection areas.
- Art. Article 50 — Works of Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing BuildingsPermits conservation, alteration and extension works for existing constructions in rural land, provided there is a structurally and volumetrically defined building. Allowed purposes include housing, public-interest uses, tourism in rural space (TER) and tourism housing (TH), collective social and cultural facilities, restaurants and other uses compatible with rural land. The article sets concrete buildability caps: total built area, including the extension, may not exceed 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; where uses coexist, the building may reach 2800 m2, respecting the maximum area of each use. Existing preconditions may override these caps if larger. No increase in the pre-existing number of floors is allowed; self-sufficient environmentally sustainable infrastructure is required if public networks cannot be connected.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by competent sector services. They must be light and removable, and no other building for the same purpose may already exist on the property. The article sets area-reference parameters by exploitation type, and in the PNRF protection areas it also fixes a maximum height of 3 m for certain support buildings.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed BuildingStates the general rule that dispersed building is prohibited in rural land. It then lists exceptions relevant to agricultural/rural buildability: isolated new buildings under Article 48, conservation/alteration/extension of existing buildings under Article 50, support buildings under Article 49, isolated hotels under Article 52, and certain public-interest equipment/infrastructure and RERAE operations. It also allows public-interest collective equipment and renewable-energy infrastructure compatible with rural land, including in agricultural spaces.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesSets general principles for rural land: it is intended for primary-sector productive functions and conservation of ecosystems and natural values; the municipality is not obliged to provide urban infrastructure to new buildings in rural land; vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary; and buildability in rural land is governed by Articles 46.º to 52.º.
Espaço de Equipamentos e Infraestruturas
Zona: Rede Viária, Espaço de Equipamentos e Infraestruturas, Solo Rústico · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- road profile (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): ≥ 9,7m
- carriageway width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 6,5 m
- sidewalk width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(2,5 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): ≥ 12m
- carriageway width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): 7,5 m
- sidewalk width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): 2,25m (× 2)
- parking width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (where industry and/or warehouses exist): ≥ 12,2 m
- carriageway width (where industry and/or warehouses exist): 9m
- sidewalk width (where industry and/or warehouses exist): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (where industry and/or warehouses exist; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (where industry and/or warehouses exist; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- minimum building setback from road centreline (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road centreline (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road centreline (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road centreline (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque portion height of walls/fences bordering a public road: 1,20 m
- maximum wall/fence height with light screening devices and tree and/or shrub species: 1,80 m
- minimum property area (new isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (agricultural worker dwelling): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)): 2000 m2
Article 110 (Municipal Road Network Sizing Parameters): This is the direct road-network design rule. Subject to justified exceptions, it sets standard road profiles according to adjoining development: housing-led areas, mixed housing/commercial/services areas, and areas with industry/warehouses.
- road profile (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): ≥ 9,7m
- carriageway width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 6,5 m
- sidewalk width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(2,5 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing; a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): ≥ 12m
- carriageway width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): 7,5 m
- sidewalk width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services): 2,25m (× 2)
- parking width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, commerce and/or services; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (where industry and/or warehouses exist): ≥ 12,2 m
- carriageway width (where industry and/or warehouses exist): 9m
- sidewalk width (where industry and/or warehouses exist): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (where industry and/or warehouses exist; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (where industry and/or warehouses exist; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
Article 109 (Identification): Identifies the municipal road and rail network, including IP1 (A22), IC4, EN125, EN 125-10, EN2, the EN125 variant, ER 2-6, municipal roads and paths, planned municipal road schemes, and the Algarve railway line. It is supporting scope context for the Rede Viária designation, not a buildability-parameter rule.
Article 51 (Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of Buildings): For rural land, this article fixes setbacks from municipal roads and paths, limits boundary-wall heights, and permits exceptional relocation of an existing building within its property subject to applicable land-use/buildability rules and demolition of the former building.
- minimum building setback from road centreline (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road centreline (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road centreline (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road centreline (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque portion height of walls/fences bordering a public road: 1,20 m
- maximum wall/fence height with light screening devices and tree and/or shrub species: 1,80 m
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): The principal rural-land regime for new isolated buildings. It allows an agricultural worker’s dwelling, agricultural/livestock/forestry-related uses, small first-processing industrial units, and TER/TH tourism, provided cumulative conditions are met. Property area must be at least 10 hectares; infrastructure is the owner/promoter’s responsibility and should use environmentally sustainable autonomous systems where connection to public networks is not economically viable. General limits are 500 m2 for dwelling construction, 2000 m2 for other uses including TER/TH, 7,5 m façade height, and 2 pisos including semi-basements. Special, stricter PNRF protection-area limits also apply where relevant.
- minimum property area (new isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (agricultural worker dwelling): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)): 2000 m2
- maximum façade height (new isolated buildings): 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors (new isolated buildings): 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; dwelling works): 150 m2
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; tourism-housing, rural-tourism, and nature-tourism camping/caravan parks): 500 m2
- alienation restriction period (agricultural worker dwelling): 10 anos
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Allows lightweight, removable support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, where confirmed by competent sectoral services and where no other building on the property serves the same purpose. Reference floor areas depend on farming type; livestock support is measured per standard livestock head. In PNRF complementary protection type I, a support building must be removable/lightweight and its height is generally capped at 3 m.
- reference area (irrigated crops (horticulture)): 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- reference area (other irrigated crops): 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- reference area (dryland crops): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference area (forestry): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference area (livestock holdings): 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- maximum building height (PNRF complementary protection type I; agricultural-support buildings): 3 m
Article 50 (Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing Buildings): Permits conservation, alteration and extension of existing volumetrically defined rural buildings, other than agricultural support/storage buildings, for housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurant use and other rural-compatible activities. No increase in pre-existing floors is allowed. Total built area, including extension, is capped at 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; combined uses may reach 2800m2 subject to each use’s limit. Larger lawful pre-existing area becomes the limit. Certain public-interest collective facilities may be exempted from some requirements.
- maximum construction area including extension (housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area including extension (other purposes): 500 m2
- maximum construction area including extension (Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)): 2000 m2
- maximum construction area including extension (coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses): 2800m2
- maximum number of floors (existing-building interventions): pre-existing number of floors
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Development): Dispersed development is prohibited in rural land, subject to the express exceptions for new isolated buildings, existing-building conservation/alteration/extensions, isolated hotels, support buildings and RERAE operations. It also excepts publicly initiated collective facilities, structures and infrastructure of unequivocal public interest that cannot be accommodated in urban land, outside the coastal strip, including water/wastewater treatment plants, waste facilities, power substations, reservoirs and pumping stations. Renewable-energy infrastructure is compatible in specified rural categories.
Article 46 (Principles): Sets the overall rural-land principle: land serves primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem conservation and may not be used in ways that reduce those potentials, except where the regulation or general law allows. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure/services for authorised new buildings or changed uses in rural land. Vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 110 — Municipal Road Network Sizing ParametersThis is the direct road-network design rule. Subject to justified exceptions, it sets standard road profiles according to adjoining development: housing-led areas, mixed housing/commercial/services areas, and areas with industry/warehouses.
- Art. Article 109 — IdentificationIdentifies the municipal road and rail network, including IP1 (A22), IC4, EN125, EN 125-10, EN2, the EN125 variant, ER 2-6, municipal roads and paths, planned municipal road schemes, and the Algarve railway line. It is supporting scope context for the Rede Viária designation, not a buildability-parameter rule.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of BuildingsFor rural land, this article fixes setbacks from municipal roads and paths, limits boundary-wall heights, and permits exceptional relocation of an existing building within its property subject to applicable land-use/buildability rules and demolition of the former building.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsThe principal rural-land regime for new isolated buildings. It allows an agricultural worker’s dwelling, agricultural/livestock/forestry-related uses, small first-processing industrial units, and TER/TH tourism, provided cumulative conditions are met. Property area must be at least 10 hectares; infrastructure is the owner/promoter’s responsibility and should use environmentally sustainable autonomous systems where connection to public networks is not economically viable. General limits are 500 m2 for dwelling construction, 2000 m2 for other uses including TER/TH, 7,5 m façade height, and 2 pisos including semi-basements. Special, stricter PNRF protection-area limits also apply where relevant.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows lightweight, removable support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, where confirmed by competent sectoral services and where no other building on the property serves the same purpose. Reference floor areas depend on farming type; livestock support is measured per standard livestock head. In PNRF complementary protection type I, a support building must be removable/lightweight and its height is generally capped at 3 m.
- Art. Article 50 — Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing BuildingsPermits conservation, alteration and extension of existing volumetrically defined rural buildings, other than agricultural support/storage buildings, for housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurant use and other rural-compatible activities. No increase in pre-existing floors is allowed. Total built area, including extension, is capped at 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; combined uses may reach 2800m2 subject to each use’s limit. Larger lawful pre-existing area becomes the limit. Certain public-interest collective facilities may be exempted from some requirements.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed DevelopmentDispersed development is prohibited in rural land, subject to the express exceptions for new isolated buildings, existing-building conservation/alteration/extensions, isolated hotels, support buildings and RERAE operations. It also excepts publicly initiated collective facilities, structures and infrastructure of unequivocal public interest that cannot be accommodated in urban land, outside the coastal strip, including water/wastewater treatment plants, waste facilities, power substations, reservoirs and pumping stations. Renewable-energy infrastructure is compatible in specified rural categories.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesSets the overall rural-land principle: land serves primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem conservation and may not be used in ways that reduce those potentials, except where the regulation or general law allows. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure/services for authorised new buildings or changed uses in rural land. Vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
- Art. Article 52 — Isolated Hotel EstablishmentsAllows isolated hotel establishments—hotels of at least 3 stars and pousadas, not capable of horizontal-property subdivision—only in Santa Bárbara de Nexe and the parish union of Conceição and Estoi. The rules include a 5-hectare minimum property, 12 beds per hectare maximum density, 160-bed cap, concentrated building within no more than 10 % of the property, generally two floors, and a municipal contractual implementation regime.
- Art. Article 59 — Proposal Selection CriteriaSets minimum qualifying criteria for Rural Tourism Development Nodes (NDT). In the Litoral Sul and Barrocal territorial unit, an NDT must have a continuous minimum area of 25 hectares, or 70 hectares in a classified area. Infrastructure-served and built land may not exceed 30% of the NDT; density may not exceed 60 beds/hectare, rising to 100 beds/hectare for hotel-only plots, while classified areas have 20 beds/hectare, or 30 beds/hectare for hotel-only plots. At least 60% of construction must be simultaneous with urbanisation works.
- Art. Article 38 — Camping and Caravan ParksNew camping and caravan parks outside NDT are allowed in rural land only outside the coastal strip, subject to a prior PIER and municipal agreement, a four- or five-star classification, landscape/topographic integration and no complementary accommodation facilities. Common-use and sanitary buildings have an area set by the applicable installation requirements; normally one floor is allowed, exceptionally two floors for technical, terrain-morphology or landscape-integration reasons.
- Art. Article 44 — Prohibited and Conditional ActivitiesApplies where rural land is within the coastal area or PNRF. It prohibits, among other things, intensive livestock production in PNRF, permanent greenhouses and various waste/industrial activities. Outside urban perimeters, subdivision and construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension or demolition works in PNRF require the competent authority’s opinion. It conditionally allows specified 4- or 5-star nature-tourism TH, TER and qualifying camping/caravan parks outside the coastal strip.
- Art. Article 78 — Specific ProvisionsA conditional rural conservation regime for Natural and Landscape Areas in the Ria Formosa. In Partial Protection II, limited economic-support infrastructure may be allowed if light/removable, using sustainable autonomous utilities where no public network exists, relying on existing access routes, and limited to one floor and specified footprint caps for fish farms. Existing buildings in Partial Protection I/II may undergo reconstruction, conservation and alteration for TER, tourism-animation support and qualifying public collective equipment, subject to sustainable utility/access conditions.
- Art. Article 37 — Motorhome Service Areas and Motorhome Reception AreasAllows motorhome service/reception areas in rural land only outside the coastal strip, where they do not prejudice the dominant agricultural, forestry or other rural uses. It prefers locations near public roads and infrastructure-served rural land; necessary infrastructure should connect to existing public water, sanitation and electricity networks, with autonomous sustainable systems only exceptionally and under strict project justification. Exterior surfaces should be permeable or semi-permeable.
- Art. Article 128 — Exemption from Transfer to the Municipal DomainAllows total or partial exemption from municipal land-transfer requirements where collective green/equipment areas are unviable or cannot be properly integrated, including where this is manifestly impossible for tourism developments in rural land. An exemption is compensated by payment in cash or in kind under the municipal regulation.
- Art. Article 36 — Urban and Landscape IntegrationApplies broadly to rural and urban operations. The municipality may impose conditions on terrain modelling, the urban solution, public-space areas, building siting and volumetric form to ensure correct urban and landscape integration. Projects may be required to use specified materials/colours, landscape screening, effluent controls, safety measures and traffic-impact mitigation.
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Espaço de Uso Especial Equipamentos e Infraestruturas
Zona: Rede Viária, Espaço de Uso Especial Equipamentos e Infraestruturas, Solo Urbano · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- road profile (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): ≥ 9,7m
- carriageway width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 6,5 m
- pavement width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(2,5 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): ≥ 12m
- carriageway width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): 7,5 m
- pavement width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): 2,25m (× 2)
- parking width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (industry and/or warehouses): ≥ 12,2 m
- carriageway width (industry and/or warehouses): 9m
- pavement width (industry and/or warehouses): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (industry and/or warehouses; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (industry and/or warehouses; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- maximum soil impermeabilisation index: 80%
- permitted supporting retail and services: 20% of existing construction area
- maximum soil impermeabilisation index (existing structural equipment): 80%
- permitted complementary and compatible uses (existing structural equipment): 35% of the construction area intended for the equipment
- permitted basement use (existing structural equipment): technical areas and/or parking
- soil impermeabilisation index (planned Emergency and Rescue Equipment and Municipal Services): 75%
- permitted basement use (planned Emergency and Rescue Equipment and Municipal Services): technical areas and/or parking
- land-use index (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): 0,5
- maximum number of floors above threshold level (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): 2 pisos
- permitted basement use (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): technical areas and/or parking
Article 110 (Municipal Road Network Dimensioning Parameters): Provides the physical and operational dimensions for municipal road infrastructure, subject to justified exceptions. For predominantly residential development (>80% residential construction area), the standard street profile is ≥ 9,7m with a 6,5 m carriageway and 1,6m pavements on each side. Mixed residential, retail or services streets require ≥ 12m and a 7,5 m carriageway. Streets serving industry and/or warehouses require ≥ 12,2 m and a 9m carriageway.
- road profile (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): ≥ 9,7m
- carriageway width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 6,5 m
- pavement width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(2,5 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing, a.c.hab. > 80% a.c.; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): ≥ 12m
- carriageway width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): 7,5 m
- pavement width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services): 2,25m (× 2)
- parking width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (housing where a.c.hab. < 80%, retail and/or services; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
- road profile (industry and/or warehouses): ≥ 12,2 m
- carriageway width (industry and/or warehouses): 9m
- pavement width (industry and/or warehouses): 1,6m (× 2)
- parking width (industry and/or warehouses; optional): [(2,25 m) (× 2)]
- tree-pit width (industry and/or warehouses; optional): [(1,0 m) (× 2)]
Article 109 (Identification): Identifies the municipal road and rail network represented on the planning map, including national and regional roads, municipal roads and paths, planned municipal roads, and the Algarve railway line. It is supporting scope information for the Rede Viária designation, but does not fix buildability parameters.
Article 107 (Regime): For Special-Use Spaces designated as structural infrastructure, existing infrastructure uses and complementary uses are maintained. Maximum soil impermeabilisation is 80%; supporting retail and services are allowed where they improve the infrastructure’s functional quality, capped at 20% of existing construction area.
- maximum soil impermeabilisation index: 80%
- permitted supporting retail and services: 20% of existing construction area
Article 105 (Regime): Sets buildability rules for Special-Use equipment spaces. Existing structural equipment spaces have a maximum soil-impermeabilisation index of 80%, complementary/compatible uses may occupy up to 35% of the equipment construction area, and basements are allowed for technical areas and/or parking. The planned emergency-services/municipal-services facility has a 75% impermeabilisation index. The Bordeira Sports and Social Centre has a land-use index of 0,5 and a maximum of 2 floors above threshold level.
- maximum soil impermeabilisation index (existing structural equipment): 80%
- permitted complementary and compatible uses (existing structural equipment): 35% of the construction area intended for the equipment
- permitted basement use (existing structural equipment): technical areas and/or parking
- soil impermeabilisation index (planned Emergency and Rescue Equipment and Municipal Services): 75%
- permitted basement use (planned Emergency and Rescue Equipment and Municipal Services): technical areas and/or parking
- land-use index (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): 0,5
- maximum number of floors above threshold level (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): 2 pisos
- permitted basement use (Bordeira Sports and Social Centre): technical areas and/or parking
Article 32 (Urban Land Classification): Classifies urban land and confirms that Special-Use Spaces comprise equipment spaces—existing and planned—and structural infrastructure. It provides the classification basis for applying Articles 105 and 107, but does not itself set numerical building parameters.
Article 88 (Identification and Characterisation): Defines urban land as areas structured by a road network, served by a high level of infrastructure and equipment, and including wholly or partly urbanised or built-up land. It is supporting context for the applicable urban-land regime and has no numerical buildability limits.
Article 122 (Non-Systematic Implementation): For non-systematic implementation in urban land, construction must be preceded by the corresponding necessary infrastructure. The municipality may also require an urban study demonstrating the project’s formal and functional relationship with its surroundings, and may condition licensing on an association of owners and an implementation unit.
Article 120 (Implementation Principles): Requires all urban operations to improve the functional, formal and environmental quality of their setting. In urban land, urban operations must coordinate the spatial and temporal delivery of infrastructure and buildings to secure harmonious occupation and the economic-financial balance of each operation.
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 110 — Municipal Road Network Dimensioning ParametersProvides the physical and operational dimensions for municipal road infrastructure, subject to justified exceptions. For predominantly residential development (>80% residential construction area), the standard street profile is ≥ 9,7m with a 6,5 m carriageway and 1,6m pavements on each side. Mixed residential, retail or services streets require ≥ 12m and a 7,5 m carriageway. Streets serving industry and/or warehouses require ≥ 12,2 m and a 9m carriageway.
- Art. Article 109 — IdentificationIdentifies the municipal road and rail network represented on the planning map, including national and regional roads, municipal roads and paths, planned municipal roads, and the Algarve railway line. It is supporting scope information for the Rede Viária designation, but does not fix buildability parameters.
- Art. Article 107 — RegimeFor Special-Use Spaces designated as structural infrastructure, existing infrastructure uses and complementary uses are maintained. Maximum soil impermeabilisation is 80%; supporting retail and services are allowed where they improve the infrastructure’s functional quality, capped at 20% of existing construction area.
- Art. Article 105 — RegimeSets buildability rules for Special-Use equipment spaces. Existing structural equipment spaces have a maximum soil-impermeabilisation index of 80%, complementary/compatible uses may occupy up to 35% of the equipment construction area, and basements are allowed for technical areas and/or parking. The planned emergency-services/municipal-services facility has a 75% impermeabilisation index. The Bordeira Sports and Social Centre has a land-use index of 0,5 and a maximum of 2 floors above threshold level.
- Art. Article 32 — Urban Land ClassificationClassifies urban land and confirms that Special-Use Spaces comprise equipment spaces—existing and planned—and structural infrastructure. It provides the classification basis for applying Articles 105 and 107, but does not itself set numerical building parameters.
- Art. Article 88 — Identification and CharacterisationDefines urban land as areas structured by a road network, served by a high level of infrastructure and equipment, and including wholly or partly urbanised or built-up land. It is supporting context for the applicable urban-land regime and has no numerical buildability limits.
- Art. Article 122 — Non-Systematic ImplementationFor non-systematic implementation in urban land, construction must be preceded by the corresponding necessary infrastructure. The municipality may also require an urban study demonstrating the project’s formal and functional relationship with its surroundings, and may condition licensing on an association of owners and an implementation unit.
- Art. Article 120 — Implementation PrinciplesRequires all urban operations to improve the functional, formal and environmental quality of their setting. In urban land, urban operations must coordinate the spatial and temporal delivery of infrastructure and buildings to secure harmonious occupation and the economic-financial balance of each operation.
- Art. Article 113 — Dimensioning CriteriaSets parking requirements for new buildings and for subdivision, urban-impact and subdivision-like operations. Requirements vary by use, dwelling typology or floor area. Collective-use equipment requires a mobility study to establish parking and accessibility needs; projects with more than 2500m 2 of retail, industrial, warehouse or workshop construction require a traffic study.
- Art. Article 112 — ParametersSets minimum parking-space dimensions and construction areas. Outdoor light-vehicle spaces require 11,50 m2 (2,30 m x 5 m) per space; parking in a building or basement requires 30 m2 per space. Heavy-vehicle spaces require 75 m2 at grade or 130 m2 in a structure.
- Art. Article 126 — Dimensioning ParametersSets mandatory dimensioning standards for green spaces and collective-use infrastructure, collective equipment, and public/controlled-cost/affordable housing in reparcelling, subdivision and comparable urban-impact operations outside effective detailed or urbanisation plans. It is directly relevant where the project includes subdivision or comparable development.
- Art. Article 127 — Land CessionsRequires land arising from reparcelling, subdivision and relevant or subdivision-like urban operations to be transferred to the municipal domain for collective green spaces, infrastructure and equipment, where necessary. At least 75% of a green-space cession must be a single continuous parcel; parcels below 200 m2 or with width equal to or below 5 m within public streets are not accepted. Equipment land counts only where an uncovered 22m x 44m rectangle can be inscribed.
- Art. Article 36 — Urban and Landscape IntegrationAllows the municipality to impose conditions on terrain modelling, urban design, public-space areas, building siting and volumetric configuration where a detailed plan or subdivision does not regulate them. It can also require visual and landscape integration, environmental safeguards, safety measures, and protection of traffic and public-road circulation.
- Art. Article 33 — General Provisions for Making Land Uses ViableProvides general development viability conditions: activities and installations must not create unmitigable safety, functional, environmental or landscape harm; must protect geodetic-marker visibility; and must avoid artificialising natural drainage lines or removing protected riparian and native vegetation. Effective urbanisation or detailed plans prevail within their areas.
- Art. Article 5 — DefinitionsDefines terms relevant to interpreting the urban-land and road-infrastructure rules, including urban infrastructure, road infrastructure, subdivision operations, buildability parameters, soil-occupation index, land-use index, setbacks and urban land. It is interpretive support rather than a zone-specific buildability regime.
Área de Edificação Dispersa
Zona: Solo Rústico - Áreas de Edificação Dispersa do Barrocal, Solo Rústico, Áreas de Edificação Dispersa do Barrocal, Área de Edificação Dispersa · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- (housing) maximum construction area: 300m2
- (housing with compatible local-scale commerce and services) maximum construction area: 400m2
- (housing) maximum number of floors: dois
- (housing) maximum façade height: 7,00 metros
- (agricultural and forestry support facilities) maximum construction area: 200 m2
- (agricultural and forestry support facilities) maximum façade height: 9,00 metros
- (agricultural/forestry support facilities combined with housing) maximum construction area: 500m2
- (other complementary uses) maximum construction area: 200m2
- (tourism developments: tourism accommodation and tourism in rural areas, including rural hotel) maximum construction area: 2000m2
- (other uses) maximum number of floors: dois
- (other uses) maximum façade height: 9,00 metros
- (new housing, agricultural/forestry support facilities, and other uses) minimum plot area: 1000 m2
- (housing) maximum number of dwellings: dois fogos
- (buildings on municipal roads) minimum setback from road axis: 8 m
- (buildings on municipal paths) minimum setback from road axis: 7 m
- (walls and fences on municipal roads) minimum setback from road axis: 5 m
- (walls and fences on municipal paths) minimum setback from road axis: 4 m
- (walls and fences) maximum height: 1,80 m
- (opaque portion of walls/fences facing public roads) maximum height: 1,20 m
- (walls/fences facing public roads, with light devices screened by tree/shrub species) maximum height: 1,80 m
- (existing buildings; housing) maximum construction area including extension: 300 m2
- (existing buildings; non-housing uses) maximum construction area including extension: 500 m2
- (existing buildings; tourism in rural areas (TER)) maximum construction area including extension: 2000 m2
- (existing buildings with coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses) maximum cumulative built area: 2800m2
- (new isolated buildings) minimum property area: 10 hectares
Article 87 (Buildability Regime): This is the governing buildability regime for the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal. It sets maximum construction areas, floors, façade heights, a minimum plot area and access requirement for housing, agricultural/forestry support facilities, complementary uses and specified rural tourism uses. Parameters for dominant and complementary uses are not cumulative except where expressly provided.
- (housing) maximum construction area: 300m2
- (housing with compatible local-scale commerce and services) maximum construction area: 400m2
- (housing) maximum number of floors: dois
- (housing) maximum façade height: 7,00 metros
- (agricultural and forestry support facilities) maximum construction area: 200 m2
- (agricultural and forestry support facilities) maximum façade height: 9,00 metros
- (agricultural/forestry support facilities combined with housing) maximum construction area: 500m2
- (other complementary uses) maximum construction area: 200m2
- (tourism developments: tourism accommodation and tourism in rural areas, including rural hotel) maximum construction area: 2000m2
- (other uses) maximum number of floors: dois
- (other uses) maximum façade height: 9,00 metros
- (new housing, agricultural/forestry support facilities, and other uses) minimum plot area: 1000 m2
Article 86 (Land Use and Occupation): For the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal, the regime seeks infill while containing building, protecting landscape/environmental values and retaining agricultural and forestry production. Dominant uses are housing, with a maximum of two dwellings including annexes, and agricultural/forestry support facilities. Local commerce/services, collective recreation/leisure facilities, civil-protection buildings, and tourism accommodation/rural tourism including rural hotels are complementary uses. Conservation, reconstruction, alteration and extension of existing buildings are permitted regardless of use, as are new housing and compatible complementary-use buildings.
- (housing) maximum number of dwellings: dois fogos
Article 85 (Identification): Identifies the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal as low-concentration development structured along the existing road network. It requires containment, territorial ordering and infrastructure provision, using appropriate solutions and, where necessary, autonomous systems.
Article 46 (Principles): Sets general principles for rural land: it is intended for primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem/natural-value conservation. New buildings or changes of use do not oblige the municipality to provide urban infrastructure or services unless legally required. Vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Development): Generally prohibits dispersed development in rural land, while expressly excepting new isolated buildings, works to existing buildings, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE regularisation operations, and qualifying public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructure. Renewable-energy infrastructure is also compatible in the listed rural categories. The Barrocal dispersed-development designation has its own specific regime in Articles 86 and 87.
Article 51 (Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of Buildings): General rural-land setbacks apply to buildings, walls and fences along municipal roads and paths. It also regulates wall heights and permits exceptional relocation of a pre-existing building within its property where the applicable category/subcategory rules, public-interest grounds and safety/health requirements are met.
- (buildings on municipal roads) minimum setback from road axis: 8 m
- (buildings on municipal paths) minimum setback from road axis: 7 m
- (walls and fences on municipal roads) minimum setback from road axis: 5 m
- (walls and fences on municipal paths) minimum setback from road axis: 4 m
- (walls and fences) maximum height: 1,80 m
- (opaque portion of walls/fences facing public roads) maximum height: 1,20 m
- (walls/fences facing public roads, with light devices screened by tree/shrub species) maximum height: 1,80 m
Article 50 (Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing Buildings): Applies generally in rural land to conservation, alteration and extension of volumetrically defined existing buildings. It permits housing, public-interest uses, rural tourism, tourism accommodation, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurants and other rural-compatible activities, subject to landscape integration, no increase in pre-existing floors, and sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable. It establishes cumulative maximum built areas by use, with an exception for qualifying collective facilities of recognised public interest.
- (existing buildings; housing) maximum construction area including extension: 300 m2
- (existing buildings; non-housing uses) maximum construction area including extension: 500 m2
- (existing buildings; tourism in rural areas (TER)) maximum construction area including extension: 2000 m2
- (existing buildings with coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses) maximum cumulative built area: 2800m2
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Provides the general rural-land regime for new isolated farmer housing, uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry operations, small first-processing units, and rural tourism/tourism accommodation. It requires a viable agricultural/agroforestry operation in most cases, autonomous sustainable infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable, and special conditions for farmer housing. The designation-specific Article 87 remains the more directly applicable parameter regime for the Barrocal dispersed-development area.
- (new isolated buildings) minimum property area: 10 hectares
- (housing) maximum construction area: 500 m2
- (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)) maximum construction area: 2000 m2
- (new isolated buildings) maximum façade height: 7,5 m
- (new isolated buildings) maximum number of floors: 2 pisos
- (PNRF, complementary protection type I; housing) maximum total construction area: 150 m2
- (PNRF, complementary protection type I; tourism accommodation, rural tourism, and nature-tourism campsites/caravan parks) maximum total construction area: 500 m2
- (farmer housing) non-alienation period: 10 anos
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 87 — Buildability RegimeThis is the governing buildability regime for the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal. It sets maximum construction areas, floors, façade heights, a minimum plot area and access requirement for housing, agricultural/forestry support facilities, complementary uses and specified rural tourism uses. Parameters for dominant and complementary uses are not cumulative except where expressly provided.
- Art. Article 86 — Land Use and OccupationFor the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal, the regime seeks infill while containing building, protecting landscape/environmental values and retaining agricultural and forestry production. Dominant uses are housing, with a maximum of two dwellings including annexes, and agricultural/forestry support facilities. Local commerce/services, collective recreation/leisure facilities, civil-protection buildings, and tourism accommodation/rural tourism including rural hotels are complementary uses. Conservation, reconstruction, alteration and extension of existing buildings are permitted regardless of use, as are new housing and compatible complementary-use buildings.
- Art. Article 85 — IdentificationIdentifies the Areas of Dispersed Development of the Barrocal as low-concentration development structured along the existing road network. It requires containment, territorial ordering and infrastructure provision, using appropriate solutions and, where necessary, autonomous systems.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesSets general principles for rural land: it is intended for primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem/natural-value conservation. New buildings or changes of use do not oblige the municipality to provide urban infrastructure or services unless legally required. Vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed DevelopmentGenerally prohibits dispersed development in rural land, while expressly excepting new isolated buildings, works to existing buildings, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE regularisation operations, and qualifying public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructure. Renewable-energy infrastructure is also compatible in the listed rural categories. The Barrocal dispersed-development designation has its own specific regime in Articles 86 and 87.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of BuildingsGeneral rural-land setbacks apply to buildings, walls and fences along municipal roads and paths. It also regulates wall heights and permits exceptional relocation of a pre-existing building within its property where the applicable category/subcategory rules, public-interest grounds and safety/health requirements are met.
- Art. Article 50 — Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing BuildingsApplies generally in rural land to conservation, alteration and extension of volumetrically defined existing buildings. It permits housing, public-interest uses, rural tourism, tourism accommodation, collective social/cultural facilities, restaurants and other rural-compatible activities, subject to landscape integration, no increase in pre-existing floors, and sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable. It establishes cumulative maximum built areas by use, with an exception for qualifying collective facilities of recognised public interest.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsProvides the general rural-land regime for new isolated farmer housing, uses associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry operations, small first-processing units, and rural tourism/tourism accommodation. It requires a viable agricultural/agroforestry operation in most cases, autonomous sustainable infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable, and special conditions for farmer housing. The designation-specific Article 87 remains the more directly applicable parameter regime for the Barrocal dispersed-development area.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows lightweight, removable support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock operations, if confirmed by the competent sectoral services and if no building already exists on the property for the same purpose. It gives reference areas by agricultural/forestry type and livestock headcount, plus a PNRF height limit.
- Art. Article 39 — Integration and Transformation of Pre-Existing Developments and Planning CommitmentsDefines pre-existing developments and planning commitments. Non-conforming pre-existing developments or commitments may be altered or extended where restrictions allow, if a new use reduces non-compliance or improves urban/landscape integration, or where extension is proven strictly necessary for the viability of the use and complies with the applicable rural rules. Planning commitments lapse if not materially executed within the legal period; the stated period for specified subdivision purposes is 10 years.
- Art. Article 38 — Campsites and Caravan ParksNew campsites and caravan parks in rural land are only allowed outside the coastal strip and require a prior Rural Space Intervention Plan (PIER), four- or five-star classification, terrain adaptation and permeable surfaces. Common-use and sanitary buildings have a maximum of one floor, exceptionally two floors where technically, topographically or landscape justified; their maximum construction area follows the applicable installation requirements.
- Art. Article 52 — Isolated Hotel EstablishmentsAllows isolated hotel establishments—hotels of at least 3 stars and inns—only in Santa Bárbara de Nexe and the Union of Parishes of Conceição and Estoi, subject to tourist-bed allocation, minimum property size, density, concentrated construction and implementation agreement. It may be relevant only if the Barrocal site is within those locations.
- Art. Article 37 — Motorhome Service Areas and Motorhome Reception AreasMotorhome service/reception areas are allowed in rural land only outside the coastal strip, where they do not prejudice dominant rural uses. Where infrastructure is needed, connection to existing public water, sanitation and electricity networks is required; autonomous systems are exceptional and must be strictly justified. Exterior surfaces should use permeable or semi-permeable materials.
- Art. Article 36 — Urban and Landscape IntegrationApplies to urban operations generally, including rural land. The municipality may impose conditions on landform, development layout, public-space areas, building siting and volumetric configuration, and may require measures for visual/landscape integration, effluent control, safety and traffic protection.
- Art. Article 113 — Dimensioning CriteriaSets generally applicable parking requirements for new buildings, including single-family housing, commerce, services, rural tourism, hotels, campsites/caravan parks, industry and warehouses. It also requires a mobility study for collective-use facilities and for large commercial, industrial, warehouse or workshop developments exceeding 2500m 2.
Espaço Agrícola
Zona: Solo Rústico - Espaços Agrícolas - Outros Espaços Agrícolas - Parque Agro Urbano, Solo Rústico, Espaços Agrícolas, Outros Espaços Agrícolas, Parque Agro Urbano, Espaço Agrícola · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- minimum property area (isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (farmer housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including TER and TH): 2000 m2
- maximum façade height (isolated buildings): 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors (isolated buildings): 2 pisos, including pisos semienterrados
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; housing): 150 m2
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; tourism housing, rural tourism, and nature-tourism camping/caravan parks): 500 m2
- reference support-building area (irrigated crops—horticulture): 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (other irrigated crops): 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (rainfed crops): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (forestry): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (livestock holdings): 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- maximum building height (PNRF complementary protection type I): 3 m
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; other purposes): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; Rural Tourism—TER): 2000 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses): 2800m2
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque wall/fence height facing public road: 1,20 m
- maximum wall/fence height with lightweight devices screened by tree and/or shrub species: 1,80 m
- planning-commitment validity period for non-executed subdivision operations: 10 anos
Article 68 (Buildability Regime): For the Parque Agro-Urbano, subject to other applicable legislation, the buildability regime is that established in Section I of Chapter III of Title IV (the general rural-land buildability rules).
Article 67 (Identification and Uses): The Parque Agro-Urbano is an urban-rural transition area intended to safeguard agricultural soils and support multifunctional agricultural practices, including recreational, therapeutic, social and community agriculture. Buildings supporting those activities may be included.
Article 46 (Principles): Rural land is for primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem/natural-value conservation. Actions that reduce or destroy its potential or the vocation of the dominant use category are prohibited unless allowed by the regulation or general-law exceptions. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure or services to new rural buildings or changes of use. Vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary for construction and access. Rural-land buildability is regulated by Articles 46 to 52.
Article 31 (Rural Land Classification): Classifies rural land and confirms that Agricultural Spaces include the subcategory “Other Agricultural Spaces – Parque Agro-Urbano”. This supports the designation applicable to the queried site.
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Sets the main general rural-land regime for isolated farmer housing, buildings associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry holdings, first-processing units, and Rural Tourism (TER) and Tourism Housing (TH). The property must be at least 10 hectares, and agricultural/agroforestry integration and viability must generally be demonstrated. Farmer housing is for the farmer’s own residence, only where no acceptable urban-land alternative or other dwelling within the holding exists, and cannot be sold for 10 years. Infrastructure is the owner/promoter’s responsibility and should use autonomous environmentally sustainable systems where public connection is not economically viable. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, lower construction caps apply.
- minimum property area (isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (farmer housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including TER and TH): 2000 m2
- maximum façade height (isolated buildings): 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors (isolated buildings): 2 pisos, including pisos semienterrados
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; housing): 150 m2
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; tourism housing, rural tourism, and nature-tourism camping/caravan parks): 500 m2
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Allows lightweight and removable support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, where confirmed by the competent sectoral services and where no other building for the same purpose exists on the property. Reference areas are set by crop/holding type. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, such buildings must be removable or lightweight where none exists and their need must be confirmed; height is capped except for justified silos, water tanks or special installations.
- reference support-building area (irrigated crops—horticulture): 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (other irrigated crops): 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (rainfed crops): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (forestry): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (livestock holdings): 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- maximum building height (PNRF complementary protection type I): 3 m
Article 50 (Works of Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing Buildings): Permits conservation, alteration and extension of existing buildings with a defined built and volumetric structure, except former agricultural support buildings and warehouses. Permitted purposes include housing, public-interest uses, TER, TH, social/cultural collective facilities, restaurants and other uses compatible with rural land. Works cannot increase the pre-existing number of floors and require sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable. Total built area caps apply by use, with an exception where the pre-existence is already larger. Certain public-interest collective facilities may be exempted from requirements.
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; other purposes): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; Rural Tourism—TER): 2000 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses): 2800m2
Article 51 (Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of Buildings): Establishes rural-land road-axis setbacks for buildings, walls and fences, wall/fence height limits, and exceptional relocation conditions for pre-existing buildings. Relocation must respect restrictions and the applicable category/subcategory buildability rules; it is treated as reconstruction and requires demolition of the original building.
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque wall/fence height facing public road: 1,20 m
- maximum wall/fence height with lightweight devices screened by tree and/or shrub species: 1,80 m
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 68 — Buildability RegimeFor the Parque Agro-Urbano, subject to other applicable legislation, the buildability regime is that established in Section I of Chapter III of Title IV (the general rural-land buildability rules).
- Art. Article 67 — Identification and UsesThe Parque Agro-Urbano is an urban-rural transition area intended to safeguard agricultural soils and support multifunctional agricultural practices, including recreational, therapeutic, social and community agriculture. Buildings supporting those activities may be included.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesRural land is for primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem/natural-value conservation. Actions that reduce or destroy its potential or the vocation of the dominant use category are prohibited unless allowed by the regulation or general-law exceptions. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure or services to new rural buildings or changes of use. Vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary for construction and access. Rural-land buildability is regulated by Articles 46 to 52.
- Art. Article 31 — Rural Land ClassificationClassifies rural land and confirms that Agricultural Spaces include the subcategory “Other Agricultural Spaces – Parque Agro-Urbano”. This supports the designation applicable to the queried site.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsSets the main general rural-land regime for isolated farmer housing, buildings associated with agricultural, livestock or forestry holdings, first-processing units, and Rural Tourism (TER) and Tourism Housing (TH). The property must be at least 10 hectares, and agricultural/agroforestry integration and viability must generally be demonstrated. Farmer housing is for the farmer’s own residence, only where no acceptable urban-land alternative or other dwelling within the holding exists, and cannot be sold for 10 years. Infrastructure is the owner/promoter’s responsibility and should use autonomous environmentally sustainable systems where public connection is not economically viable. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, lower construction caps apply.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows lightweight and removable support buildings required by agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, where confirmed by the competent sectoral services and where no other building for the same purpose exists on the property. Reference areas are set by crop/holding type. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, such buildings must be removable or lightweight where none exists and their need must be confirmed; height is capped except for justified silos, water tanks or special installations.
- Art. Article 50 — Works of Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing BuildingsPermits conservation, alteration and extension of existing buildings with a defined built and volumetric structure, except former agricultural support buildings and warehouses. Permitted purposes include housing, public-interest uses, TER, TH, social/cultural collective facilities, restaurants and other uses compatible with rural land. Works cannot increase the pre-existing number of floors and require sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connection is not economically viable. Total built area caps apply by use, with an exception where the pre-existence is already larger. Certain public-interest collective facilities may be exempted from requirements.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of BuildingsEstablishes rural-land road-axis setbacks for buildings, walls and fences, wall/fence height limits, and exceptional relocation conditions for pre-existing buildings. Relocation must respect restrictions and the applicable category/subcategory buildability rules; it is treated as reconstruction and requires demolition of the original building.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed BuildingDispersed building in rural land is prohibited. Exceptions are the isolated new buildings under Article 48, conservation/alteration/extension of existing buildings under Article 50, isolated hotels under Article 52, support buildings under Article 49, and RERAE operations. Public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructure that cannot be located in urban land may also be allowed outside the coastal strip. Renewable-energy facilities and infrastructure are compatible in specified rural categories, including Agricultural Production Spaces, but the article does not expressly list Parque Agro-Urbano among them.
- Art. Article 39 — Integration and Transformation of Pre-existing Developments and Planning CommitmentsDefines pre-existing activities, installations, buildings and facilities, and planning commitments. Non-conforming pre-existences or commitments may be altered or extended where restrictions permit, provided a new use reduces non-compliance or provides significant urban/landscape or architectural improvement. Extensions must be demonstrably and strictly necessary for the viability of the installed or proposed use and comply with the specified rural-land rules.
- Art. Article 52 — Isolated Hotel EstablishmentsAllows isolated hotel establishments, being hotels of at least 3 stars and inns, in Santa Bárbara de Nexe and the Union of Parishes of Conceição and Estoi, subject to the municipal bed allocation, minimum holding size, bed-density, concentrated building and municipal contracting. This applies only if the Parque Agro-Urbano site is within the stated location.
- Art. Article 38 — Camping and Caravan ParksNew camping and caravan parks outside tourism development nuclei are allowed on rural land only outside the coastal strip and require a PIER agreed in advance with the municipality, four- or five-star classification, terrain adaptation, permeability and landscape integration. Accommodation-type complementary installations are prohibited. Common-use and sanitary buildings have floor limits and must meet infrastructure and environmental-efficiency requirements.
- Art. Article 37 — Motorhome Service Areas and Motorhome Reception AreasMotorhome service and reception areas are allowed on rural land only outside the coastal strip, provided they do not prejudice dominant agricultural, forestry or other rural uses. Where infrastructure is needed, connection to existing public water, sanitation and electricity networks is required; autonomous sustainable systems are exceptional and must be strictly justified. Exterior surfaces must use permeable or semi-permeable materials unless impermeable areas are technically justified.
- Art. Article 41 — Regularisation of Planning OperationsExisting activities, uses or planning operations undertaken without required prior control before the earlier PDM entered into force may be regularised under stated proof, safety, restriction, infrastructure and landscape-integration conditions. Any permitted extension must comply with the urban parameters applicable to the relevant space category or subcategory.
- Art. Article 36 — Urban and Landscape IntegrationFor urban operations not fully regulated by detailed plans or subdivision operations, the municipality may impose conditions on terrain modelling, urban design, public-space areas, siting and building volume. It may require landscape integration measures, including material/colour controls and tree or shrub screening, as well as effluent control, safety and traffic protections.
- Art. Article 44 — Prohibited and Conditional ActivitiesProvides additional constraints where rural land lies in the Coastal Area or Parque Natural da Ria Formosa (PNRF). In the PNRF, intensive livestock operations, permanent greenhouses and certain industrial and waste uses are prohibited. Subdivision, construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension and demolition outside urban perimeters, livestock holdings, fixed/lightweight structures, nature-tourism development and infrastructure are subject to the competent authority’s opinion. Specified 4- or 5-star nature-tourism typologies are permitted under the stated conditions.
- Art. Article 113 — Sizing CriteriaSets general parking requirements for all new buildings, including housing, hotels, tourism housing (TH), rural tourism (TER), camping/caravan parks, industry, logistics and warehouses. These requirements are relevant where a rural proposal includes such uses, subject to any applicable exemption.
- Art. Article 128 — Exemption from Transfer to the Municipal DomainRequired transfers of green-space and collective-equipment areas may be wholly or partly waived where their size/configuration or urban integration is unviable, where the property is already served, or where there is manifest impossibility for tourism developments on rural land. A waived transfer is compensated in cash or in kind under the municipal regulation.
- Art. Article 6 — Identification and RegimeAdministrative easements and public-utility restrictions apply cumulatively with the applicable rural-space category regime and prevail where they are materially more restrictive, demanding or conditional. The intervention area must be assessed for water-domain constraints during prior-information, licensing and prior-notification procedures.
- Art. Article 33 — General Provisions for Enabling Land UsesAny activity or installation allowed in a land-use category/subcategory is viable only if it does not create unmitigable safety, functional, environmental or landscape impacts, preserves geodetic-marker visibility, and does not artificialise natural drainage or remove protected riparian/native vegetation. Effective urbanisation or detailed plans prevail within their areas.
- Art. Article 35 — Compatibility of Uses and ActivitiesLists generally incompatible uses: those causing traffic or loading impacts, risks to people/property, environmental or aesthetic degradation, harm to natural or heritage values, or other incompatibilities under general law, including noise rules.
Espaço Agrícola
Zona: Solo Rústico - Espaços Agrícolas de Produção, Solo Rústico, Espaços Agrícolas de Produção, Espaço Agrícola · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- (farmer housing) maximum construction area: 500 m2
- (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)) maximum construction area: 2000 m2
- maximum façade height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I; housing) maximum total construction area: 150 m2
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I; tourism of habitation, rural tourism, and nature-tourism camping/caravan parks) maximum total construction area: 500 m2
- (farmer housing) non-alienation period: 10 anos
- (irrigated crops—horticulture) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (other irrigated crops) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (rainfed crops) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (forestry) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (livestock holdings) reference area for support buildings: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I) maximum building height: 3 m
- (housing) maximum total construction area including extension: 300 m2
- (other purposes) maximum total construction area including extension: 500 m2
- (Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)) maximum construction area: 2000 m2
- (coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses) maximum total built area: 2800m2
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- (buildings; municipal roads) minimum setback from road centreline: 8 m
- (buildings; municipal paths) minimum setback from road centreline: 7 m
- (walls and fences; municipal roads) minimum setback from road centreline: 5 m
- (walls and fences; municipal paths) minimum setback from road centreline: 4 m
- maximum wall and fence height: 1,80 m
- (opaque portion of walls and fences adjoining the public road) maximum height: 1,20 m
Article 66 (Buildability Regime): For the Agricultural Production Space designation, buildability is governed by Section I of Chapter III of Title IV (the general rural-land buildability rules), without prejudice to the National Agricultural Reserve regime, environmental criteria, and other applicable rules.
Article 46 (Principles): Establishes the general rural-land principles governing the Agricultural Production Space. Rural land serves primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem conservation; construction must not diminish its potential or dominant-use vocation. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure for permitted rural buildings, and vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Sets the principal conditions and parameters for new isolated buildings in rural land: farmer housing and uses linked to agricultural, livestock or forestry holdings, small first-processing units, and TER/TH tourism. A property of at least 10 hectares and, except for TER/TH, a viable agricultural or agroforestry holding are required. It sets maximum construction areas of 500 m2 for farmer housing and 2000 m2 for other uses including TER/TH, a 7,5 m façade height, and 2 pisos including semi-basement floors. Special PNRF protection-area limits also apply.
- minimum property area: 10 hectares
- (farmer housing) maximum construction area: 500 m2
- (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)) maximum construction area: 2000 m2
- maximum façade height: 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors: 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I; housing) maximum total construction area: 150 m2
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I; tourism of habitation, rural tourism, and nature-tourism camping/caravan parks) maximum total construction area: 500 m2
- (farmer housing) non-alienation period: 10 anos
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Allows lightweight, removable support buildings needed for agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to sectoral confirmation and no other building on the property for the same purpose. Reference areas depend on the agricultural or livestock activity. In PNRF complementary protection area type I, the maximum height is 3 m, except for justified silos, water tanks, or special installations.
- (irrigated crops—horticulture) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- (other irrigated crops) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- (rainfed crops) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (forestry) reference area for support buildings: 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- (livestock holdings) reference area for support buildings: 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- (PNRF, complementary protection area type I) maximum building height: 3 m
Article 50 (Works for Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing Buildings): Permits conservation, alteration and extension of existing, volumetrically defined rural buildings, generally excluding agricultural supports and agricultural warehouses as prior uses. Permitted purposes include housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social and cultural facilities, restaurant uses, and other uses compatible with rural land. Extensions cannot increase existing floors and must use sustainable autonomous infrastructure if public-network connection is not economically viable. It fixes maximum total built areas of 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; where uses coexist, up to 2800m2 may be reached subject to each use limit.
- (housing) maximum total construction area including extension: 300 m2
- (other purposes) maximum total construction area including extension: 500 m2
- (Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)) maximum construction area: 2000 m2
- (coexisting housing, TER and/or other uses) maximum total built area: 2800m2
- maximum number of floors: no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Building): Dispersed building in rural land is prohibited, except for the specified new isolated buildings, existing-building works, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE operations, and qualifying public-interest facilities and infrastructure. Renewable-energy production facilities and infrastructure are expressly compatible with rural land in Agricultural Production Spaces, among other listed rural categories.
Article 51 (Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of Buildings): Sets rural-road setbacks, wall and fence heights, and exceptional rules for relocating an existing building within the property. Buildings must be set back from municipal-road and municipal-path centrelines; walls and fences have separate setbacks and height limits.
- (buildings; municipal roads) minimum setback from road centreline: 8 m
- (buildings; municipal paths) minimum setback from road centreline: 7 m
- (walls and fences; municipal roads) minimum setback from road centreline: 5 m
- (walls and fences; municipal paths) minimum setback from road centreline: 4 m
- maximum wall and fence height: 1,80 m
- (opaque portion of walls and fences adjoining the public road) maximum height: 1,20 m
- (opaque portion with lightweight devices concealed by tree and/or shrub species) maximum height: 1,80 m
Article 52 (Isolated Hotel Establishments): Allows isolated hotel establishments—hotels of at least 3 stars and inns—subject to location in Santa Bárbara de Nexe or the Union of Parishes of Conceição and Estoi, tourist-bed allocation, a 5-hectare minimum property, maximum density of 12 beds per hectare and 160 beds, concentrated development, and generally no more than two floors. Implementation requires municipal contracting.
- minimum hotel classification: 3 estrelas
- minimum property area: 5 hectares
- maximum occupancy density: 12 camas por hectare
- maximum tourist beds: 160 camas
- maximum area for concentrated building: 10 % da área total da parcela afeta
- maximum number of floors: dois
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 66 — Buildability RegimeFor the Agricultural Production Space designation, buildability is governed by Section I of Chapter III of Title IV (the general rural-land buildability rules), without prejudice to the National Agricultural Reserve regime, environmental criteria, and other applicable rules.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesEstablishes the general rural-land principles governing the Agricultural Production Space. Rural land serves primary-sector productive functions and ecosystem conservation; construction must not diminish its potential or dominant-use vocation. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure for permitted rural buildings, and vegetation clearance is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsSets the principal conditions and parameters for new isolated buildings in rural land: farmer housing and uses linked to agricultural, livestock or forestry holdings, small first-processing units, and TER/TH tourism. A property of at least 10 hectares and, except for TER/TH, a viable agricultural or agroforestry holding are required. It sets maximum construction areas of 500 m2 for farmer housing and 2000 m2 for other uses including TER/TH, a 7,5 m façade height, and 2 pisos including semi-basement floors. Special PNRF protection-area limits also apply.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsAllows lightweight, removable support buildings needed for agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to sectoral confirmation and no other building on the property for the same purpose. Reference areas depend on the agricultural or livestock activity. In PNRF complementary protection area type I, the maximum height is 3 m, except for justified silos, water tanks, or special installations.
- Art. Article 50 — Works for Conservation, Alteration and Extension of Existing BuildingsPermits conservation, alteration and extension of existing, volumetrically defined rural buildings, generally excluding agricultural supports and agricultural warehouses as prior uses. Permitted purposes include housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social and cultural facilities, restaurant uses, and other uses compatible with rural land. Extensions cannot increase existing floors and must use sustainable autonomous infrastructure if public-network connection is not economically viable. It fixes maximum total built areas of 300 m2 for housing, 500 m2 for other purposes, and 2000 m2 for TER; where uses coexist, up to 2800m2 may be reached subject to each use limit.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed BuildingDispersed building in rural land is prohibited, except for the specified new isolated buildings, existing-building works, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE operations, and qualifying public-interest facilities and infrastructure. Renewable-energy production facilities and infrastructure are expressly compatible with rural land in Agricultural Production Spaces, among other listed rural categories.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of BuildingsSets rural-road setbacks, wall and fence heights, and exceptional rules for relocating an existing building within the property. Buildings must be set back from municipal-road and municipal-path centrelines; walls and fences have separate setbacks and height limits.
- Art. Article 52 — Isolated Hotel EstablishmentsAllows isolated hotel establishments—hotels of at least 3 stars and inns—subject to location in Santa Bárbara de Nexe or the Union of Parishes of Conceição and Estoi, tourist-bed allocation, a 5-hectare minimum property, maximum density of 12 beds per hectare and 160 beds, concentrated development, and generally no more than two floors. Implementation requires municipal contracting.
- Art. Article 38 — Camping and Caravan ParksNew camping and caravan parks outside tourism development nuclei are allowed in rural land only outside the coastal strip, subject to a PIER and prior municipal agreement, four- or five-star classification, terrain adaptation, permeability and landscape-integration conditions. Complementary accommodation installations are prohibited. Common-use and sanitary buildings are generally limited to one floor, exceptionally two floors for technical, terrain-morphology or landscape-integration reasons.
- Art. Article 39 — Integration and Transformation of Pre-existing Developments and Urban CommitmentsProvides the general regime for pre-existing activities, installations, buildings and facilities, and protected urban commitments. Non-conforming pre-existing development may be altered or extended where it reduces non-compliance or materially improves landscape/urban integration or architectural quality; extensions must be strictly necessary to the installed or proposed use. Urban commitments cease if not physically implemented within the relevant period, including the stated 10-year period for the referenced subdivision cases.
- Art. Article 41 — Regularisation of Urban Development OperationsAllows regularisation of older uncontrolled existing activities, uses and urban-development operations, including in rural land, subject to proof of pre-existence, compliance with applicable restrictions, safety and landscape/urban integration. Where an extension is allowed, the parameters of the applicable land category or subcategory govern. Connection to existing public infrastructure, or sustainable autonomous systems where connection is impossible, is required.
- Art. Article 44 — Prohibited and Conditional ActivitiesApplies where the rural property lies in the coastal zone or PNRF. It prohibits, among other matters, intensive livestock production, permanent greenhouses, and certain industrial and waste activities in PNRF. Outside urban perimeters, subdivisions and construction, reconstruction, alteration, extension and demolition works are conditional on an opinion from the competent authority. It also lists nature-tourism types potentially permitted in PNRF, subject to conditions and four- or five-star classification.
- Art. Article 37 — Motorhome Service Areas and Motorhome Reception AreasMotorhome service and reception areas are allowed in rural land only outside the coastal strip, provided they do not prejudice dominant agricultural, forestry or other rural uses. Where infrastructure is needed, connection to existing public water, sanitation and electricity networks is required, with autonomous sustainable systems allowed only exceptionally and under strict, project-justified conditions. Exterior surfaces must use permeable or semi-permeable materials unless impermeable areas are technically justified.
- Art. Article 59 — Criteria for Selecting ProposalsSets minimum qualifying criteria for rural Tourism Development Nuclei (NDT). The continuous minimum land area is 25 hectares in the South Coast and Barrocal Territorial Unit, or 70 hectares in a classified area. Infrastructure-served and built land may not exceed 30% of the NDT area. Density is limited to 60 beds per hectare, or 100 beds per hectare on hotel-only parcels; in classified areas, 20 beds per hectare, or 30 beds per hectare on hotel-only parcels. At least 60% of building must be delivered simultaneously with urbanisation works.
- Art. Article 53 — Tourism Developments Outside Urban PerimetersNew tourism developments outside urban perimeters are generally subject to the Tourism Development Nuclei model, except for the separate regimes for isolated hotels, TER/TH and camping/caravan parks. Faro's assigned regional tourist-bed allocation is 1030 beds.
- Art. Article 113 — Dimensioning CriteriaSets generally applicable parking requirements for new buildings and for subdivision or subdivision-equivalent operations. It includes rural-tourism and hotel parking standards, camping/caravan park parking, and industrial/logistics/warehouse parking. It also requires a mobility study for collective-use facilities and, for commerce, industry, warehouses and workshops above 2500m 2, a traffic study.
Solo Rústico - Espaços culturais-Parque de Milreu/Estoi
Zona: Solo Rústico - Espaços culturais-Parque de Milreu/Estoi, Solo Rústico, Espaços culturais, Parque de Milreu, Espaço Cultural · fonte: regulamento do PDM · resumo automático (modelo gpt-5.6-terra)
Key building parameters found:
- minimum property area (new isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (farmer housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)): 2000 m2
- maximum façade height (new isolated buildings): 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors (new isolated buildings): 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; housing): 150 m2
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; tourism in housing, rural tourism, and nature-tourism campsites/caravan parks): 500 m2
- maximum number of floors (existing buildings): no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; other purposes): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)): 2000 m2
- maximum combined construction area (existing buildings; coexistence of housing, TER and/or other uses): 2800m2
- maximum construction area (where pre-existing area is greater): the pre-existing area
- reference support-building area (irrigated crops—horticulture): 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (other irrigated crops): 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (dryland crops): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (forest): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (livestock holdings): 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- maximum building height (PNRF complementary protection type I): 3 m
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque portion of wall/fence adjoining public road: 1,20 m
Article 80 (Buildability Regime): This is the designation-specific rule for Cultural Spaces—Milreu/Estoi Park. Land-use rules are determined by the values to be protected, conserved and enhanced; it fixes no numerical building parameters.
Article 46 (Principles): Establishes the general rural-land principle: land must retain its primary-sector and ecosystem-conservation functions and cannot be used in ways that diminish its potential, except where the regulation or general law allows. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure to authorised rural buildings; vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
Article 48 (New Isolated Buildings): Sets the general rural-land regime for new isolated farmer housing, agricultural/livestock/forestry-related uses, first-processing units, and Rural Tourism (TER) or Tourism in Housing (TH). It requires a property of at least 10 hectares, viable agricultural/agroforestry operation (except TER/TH), owner-funded infrastructure, and autonomous sustainable systems where public-network connection is not economically viable. It also establishes construction caps, height and floors, with stricter rules in specified PNRF protection areas.
- minimum property area (new isolated buildings): 10 hectares
- maximum construction area (farmer housing): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (other uses, including Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER) and Turismo de Habitação (TH)): 2000 m2
- maximum façade height (new isolated buildings): 7,5 m
- maximum number of floors (new isolated buildings): 2 pisos, incluindo pisos semienterrados
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; housing): 150 m2
- maximum total construction area (PNRF complementary protection type I; tourism in housing, rural tourism, and nature-tourism campsites/caravan parks): 500 m2
Article 50 (Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing Buildings): Allows conservation, alteration and extension of existing, volumetrically defined buildings in rural land for housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social and cultural facilities, restaurants and other rural-compatible activities. Works must preserve landscape and heritage values, cannot increase the pre-existing number of floors, and require sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connections are not economically viable. It establishes cumulative construction-area caps, subject to the existing lawful area where greater.
- maximum number of floors (existing buildings): no increase in the pre-existing number of floors
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; housing): 300 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; other purposes): 500 m2
- maximum construction area (existing buildings; Turismo no Espaço Rural (TER)): 2000 m2
- maximum combined construction area (existing buildings; coexistence of housing, TER and/or other uses): 2800m2
- maximum construction area (where pre-existing area is greater): the pre-existing area
Article 49 (Support Buildings): Permits lightweight, removable support buildings needed for agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by sectoral services and provided there is no other building on the property for the same purpose. Reference areas vary by type of holding. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, the maximum height is restricted.
- reference support-building area (irrigated crops—horticulture): 30 m2 por cada 0,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (other irrigated crops): 30 m2 por cada 2,5 hectares
- reference support-building area (dryland crops): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (forest): 30 m2 por cada 5 hectares
- reference support-building area (livestock holdings): 10 m2 por cabeça normal de gado
- maximum building height (PNRF complementary protection type I): 3 m
Article 51 (Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of Buildings): Sets rural-road setbacks for buildings, walls and fences, maximum wall/fence heights, and exceptional conditions for relocating an existing building within its property. Relocation must comply with the applicable category/subcategory buildability rules and entails demolition of the previous building.
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal roads): 8 m
- minimum building setback from road axis (municipal paths): 7 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal roads): 5 m
- minimum wall/fence setback from road axis (municipal paths): 4 m
- maximum wall/fence height: 1,80 m
- maximum opaque portion of wall/fence adjoining public road: 1,20 m
- maximum wall/fence height with lightweight screening and tree/shrub species: 1,80 m
Article 47 (Prohibition of Dispersed Building): Dispersed building is prohibited in rural land. The rule expressly preserves exceptions for isolated new buildings, conservation/alteration/extensions of existing buildings, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE operations, and certain public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructure outside the coastal strip. Renewable-energy infrastructure is only identified as compatible in specified agricultural, forestry-conservation and industrial rural categories—not the Cultural Space designation.
Article 52 (Isolated Hotel Establishments): Potentially relevant because isolated hotel establishments are permitted in the Union of Conceição and Estoi parishes. Hotels must be at least 3-star establishments or pousadas, not capable of horizontal-property subdivision, and meet property-area, bed-density, concentration and floor requirements. Implementation is subject to an agreement with the municipality.
- minimum hotel category: 3 estrelas
- minimum property area (isolated hotel establishments): 5 hectares
- maximum occupancy density (isolated hotel establishments): 12 camas por hectare
- maximum number of beds (isolated hotel establishments): 160 camas
- maximum concentration area for buildings (where not one building): 10 % da área total da parcela afeta
- maximum number of floors (isolated hotel establishments): dois
Artigos do regulamento citados
- Art. Article 80 — Buildability RegimeThis is the designation-specific rule for Cultural Spaces—Milreu/Estoi Park. Land-use rules are determined by the values to be protected, conserved and enhanced; it fixes no numerical building parameters.
- Art. Article 46 — PrinciplesEstablishes the general rural-land principle: land must retain its primary-sector and ecosystem-conservation functions and cannot be used in ways that diminish its potential, except where the regulation or general law allows. The municipality is generally not obliged to provide urban infrastructure to authorised rural buildings; vegetation removal is limited to what is strictly necessary for buildings and access.
- Art. Article 48 — New Isolated BuildingsSets the general rural-land regime for new isolated farmer housing, agricultural/livestock/forestry-related uses, first-processing units, and Rural Tourism (TER) or Tourism in Housing (TH). It requires a property of at least 10 hectares, viable agricultural/agroforestry operation (except TER/TH), owner-funded infrastructure, and autonomous sustainable systems where public-network connection is not economically viable. It also establishes construction caps, height and floors, with stricter rules in specified PNRF protection areas.
- Art. Article 50 — Conservation, Alteration and Extension Works to Existing BuildingsAllows conservation, alteration and extension of existing, volumetrically defined buildings in rural land for housing, public-interest uses, TER/TH, collective social and cultural facilities, restaurants and other rural-compatible activities. Works must preserve landscape and heritage values, cannot increase the pre-existing number of floors, and require sustainable autonomous infrastructure where public connections are not economically viable. It establishes cumulative construction-area caps, subject to the existing lawful area where greater.
- Art. Article 49 — Support BuildingsPermits lightweight, removable support buildings needed for agricultural, agroforestry, forestry or livestock holdings, subject to confirmation by sectoral services and provided there is no other building on the property for the same purpose. Reference areas vary by type of holding. In PNRF complementary-protection type I areas, the maximum height is restricted.
- Art. Article 51 — Setbacks, Boundaries and Relocation of BuildingsSets rural-road setbacks for buildings, walls and fences, maximum wall/fence heights, and exceptional conditions for relocating an existing building within its property. Relocation must comply with the applicable category/subcategory buildability rules and entails demolition of the previous building.
- Art. Article 47 — Prohibition of Dispersed BuildingDispersed building is prohibited in rural land. The rule expressly preserves exceptions for isolated new buildings, conservation/alteration/extensions of existing buildings, isolated hotels, support buildings, RERAE operations, and certain public-interest collective facilities, structures and infrastructure outside the coastal strip. Renewable-energy infrastructure is only identified as compatible in specified agricultural, forestry-conservation and industrial rural categories—not the Cultural Space designation.
- Art. Article 52 — Isolated Hotel EstablishmentsPotentially relevant because isolated hotel establishments are permitted in the Union of Conceição and Estoi parishes. Hotels must be at least 3-star establishments or pousadas, not capable of horizontal-property subdivision, and meet property-area, bed-density, concentration and floor requirements. Implementation is subject to an agreement with the municipality.
- Art. Article 39 — Integration and Transformation of Pre-existing Developments and Planning CommitmentsDefines pre-existing developments and planning commitments and provides the general route for changes or extensions that do not conform to the current plan. Changes must reduce non-compliance or materially improve urban/landscape integration or architectural quality; extensions must be demonstrably and strictly necessary for viability and comply with the applicable rural-building provisions.
- Art. Article 36 — Urban and Landscape IntegrationApplies to rural and urban development operations. The municipality may impose conditions on terrain modelling, site layout, public-space areas, siting and building volume, and may require specified landscape, visual-integration, effluent-control, safety and traffic measures.
- Art. Article 53 — Tourist Developments Outside Urban BoundariesNew tourist developments outside urban boundaries are generally subject to the Tourist Development Nuclei (NDT) model, except for the specific regimes for isolated hotels, TER/TH and campsites/caravan parks. Faro's allocated regional tourism capacity is 1030 beds.
- Art. Article 59 — Criteria for Selecting ProposalsSets minimum qualifying criteria for Rural Tourist Development Nuclei (NDT), including continuous land area, maximum infrastructure/build-out share, bed-density limits, and at least 70% of total NDT capacity in qualifying tourism typologies. It also requires at least 60% simultaneous building with urbanisation works.
- Art. Article 38 — Campsites and Caravan ParksNew campsites and caravan parks may be installed in rural land only outside the coastal strip and only with a prior approved Rural-Space Intervention Plan (PIER) contracted with the municipality. They must be 4- or 5-star, integrate with topography and drainage, prioritise permeable surfaces, and cannot include complementary accommodation installations. Common-use and sanitary buildings have floor and design conditions.
- Art. Article 37 — Motorhome Service Areas and Motorhome Reception AreasMotorhome service/reception areas are allowed in rural land only outside the coastal strip, where they do not prejudice dominant rural uses or rural character. Where infrastructure is needed, public-network connection for water, sanitation and electricity is required, with autonomous sustainable systems allowed only exceptionally under strict, project-justified conditions. Exterior materials must be permeable or semi-permeable unless impermeable areas are technically justified.
- Art. Article 41 — Regularisation of Development OperationsProvides for regularisation of certain pre-existing unauthorised activities, uses or development operations, subject to proof of historic existence, compliance with applicable restrictions, safety and landscape compatibility, and public-infrastructure connection or sustainable autonomous systems where connection is impossible. Any permitted extension uses the parameters of the applicable land category or subcategory.
- Art. Article 33 — General Provisions for Enabling Land UsesAny activity or installation allowed in a land-use category must avoid unmitigable safety, functional, environmental and landscape harm; preserve geodetic-marker visibility; and avoid artificialising natural drainage or removing protected riparian and native vegetation.
- Art. Article 35 — Compatibility of Uses and ActivitiesSets general incompatibility tests for proposed uses, including traffic and parking disruption, safety hazards, environmental or visual degradation, harm to protected natural or cultural/architectural/archaeological/landscape heritage, and incompatibilities under general law.