Shows the planned use and land category.
Mértola · planning orientation
Which rules and maps apply to your land?
Mértola's PDM requires four acts in sequence, 31 map images and checks against three special areas and three more detailed plans.
The short version · about 2 minutes
Most plots need only the basics. The rest is exceptions.
Start with the 2 general maps and the current rule chain. Step 2 folds away document branches you mark “No”; the Câmara confirmation stays open.
- Start here2 maps used for every plotTogether they show planned land use and public restrictions.
- Narrow it down0 quick checksNarrow the route without turning your answers into official facts.
- Read in order4 legal publicationsLater changes sit on top of the earlier PDM text.
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Step 1 · Start with the 2 maps that apply everywhere
Use every map below for the first check. Read each map with the official legend printed on it; a colour has no meaning on its own.
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta de Condicionantes
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Step 2 · Remove what does not apply
These revision-bound checks narrow the reading for this plot. A “No” folds the related branch away, but remains your indication until the Câmara confirms it.
These choices stay in this browser tab. They are sent only if you create a private authenticated report.
What remains in your route
No user choice is needed here. Câmara-only confirmation points appear in Step 4.
- Read the general maps and the 4-publication rule chain.
- Then screen the point and use the Câmara letter below.
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Step 3 · Read the rules in the right order
The rule chain that applies throughout Mértola
Read these publications from oldest to newest. Later acts change parts of the earlier text; they do not replace the whole chain.
Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 162/95
Publishes the base regulation and original maps.
Aviso n.º 25954/2010
Replaces Article 24, including parameters for rural building and tourism.
Aviso n.º 15721/2021
Amends Articles 8, 50, 55, 56 and 57 and adds six special-area maps.
Decreto-Lei n.º 117/2024
The SNIT head records a suspension under Article 199(3), whose parcel-level effect requires municipality or CCDR identification.
Special regimes to check only inside their boundaries
If every related answer is No, this block folds away; the Câmara confirmation remains open.
Additional maps for a special location
A related “No” folds these maps away from the recommended route.
Plantas de Ordenamento — 23 perímetros urbanos
Additional maps for a special location
A related “No” folds these maps away from the recommended route.
Planta de Ordenamento — Albufeira da Tapada Grande
Planta de Condicionantes — Albufeira da Tapada Grande
Planta de Ordenamento — Albufeira da Tapada Pequena
Planta de Condicionantes — Albufeira da Tapada Pequena
Planta de Ordenamento — Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana
Planta de Condicionantes — Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana
Temporary or area-specific rules
A related “No” folds these regimes away from the recommended route.
Albufeira da Tapada Grande
Inside the boundary represented on the 2021 map pair.
Requires the dedicated Ordenamento and Condicionantes pair.
Albufeira da Tapada Pequena
Inside the boundary represented on the 2021 map pair.
Requires the dedicated Ordenamento and Condicionantes pair.
Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana
Inside the boundary represented on the 2021 map pair.
Requires the dedicated map pair and can involve an ICNF decision.
More detailed plans to check only inside their boundaries
A related “No” folds these plans away from the recommended route.
Urban plan
Plano de Urbanização da Vila de Mértola
Inside the official Vila de Mértola boundary.
The 2017 revision and 2019 correction provide more detailed rules.
Urban plan
Plano de Urbanização da Mina de São Domingos e Pomarão
In the Mina de São Domingos and Pomarão areas delimited by the plan.
The urban plan contains the more specific rules for its area.
Safeguard plan
Plano de Pormenor de Salvaguarda e Valorização do Centro Histórico da Vila de Mértola
Inside the historic-centre boundary delimited by the plan.
The historic-centre safeguards are more detailed than the general PDM.
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Step 4 · Put the remaining gaps in writing
The published documents do not settle these plot-specific points. Each numbered reference below leads to the matching point in the Câmara letter.
- Confirmation pendingWhich general map, urban-perimeter sheet or special-area pair was used for the property?
- Confirmation pendingWhich provisions and mapped areas were identified as suspended under Article 199(3)?
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Step 5 · Screen first, then write
What GnextD can check now
Check the national datasets for this point
Screening helps name possible intersections before asking the municipality for the exact sheet and regime.
Screening does not choose the urban sheet, interpret the 2024 suspension or replace written confirmation.
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Ready to send in Portuguese
Ask the Câmara to confirm this plot
The request asks the municipality to distinguish the general maps, 23 urban sheets, three special pairs and three more detailed plans.
Add the references you have. The Portuguese request updates with the answers above.
Your Portuguese request to the Câmara
The questions are grouped so the request stays answerable. Your choices guide the route; the Câmara still confirms every exclusion.
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Pedido de confirmação urbanística — prédio em Mértola
Exmos. Senhores, Solicito confirmação escrita sobre as regras territoriais aplicáveis ao prédio identificado abaixo, no Município de Mértola. Localização/coordenadas: [indicar coordenadas] Referência da parcela: [se disponível] Artigo matricial: [indicar se disponível] Registo predial: [indicar se disponível] 1. Confirme a localização exata do prédio e as folhas cartográficas aplicáveis. Peço ainda que indiquem os instrumentos, regulamentos, plantas e folhas cartográficas concretamente aplicáveis, bem como eventuais alterações posteriores em vigor. Com os melhores cumprimentos, [nome]
Optional detail · not needed for the first pass
How to recognise a useful answer
A useful answer…
- Names the sheet and file used.
- Lists the acts and expressly addresses the 2024 suspension.
Ask again if the answer…
- Only refers to the PDM website.
- Sends a screenshot without a sheet or file reference.
Background guides
Signals that this page may be out of date
- A new PDM act in Diário da República or SNIT.
- Alteration or replacement of one of the three more detailed plans.
- A municipality or CCDR identification under Article 199.
- A change to the set of 31 active SNIT rasters.
Responsibility and currency
- Page owner
- GnextD Land Insights
- Research
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- Technical review
- GnextD Land Editorial Review
- Sources checked
- 26 August 2026
Official sources
- SNIT — PDM Mértola em vigorDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official viewer
- Planos municipaisMunicípio de Mértola · official page · 26 August 2026Open the official page
- RCM n.º 162/95Direção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF
- Aviso n.º 25954/2010Direção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF
- Aviso n.º 15721/2021Direção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF
- Decreto-Lei n.º 117/2024Diário da República · official page · 26 August 2026Open the official page
- Mértola — Planta de OrdenamentoDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Mértola — Planta de CondicionantesDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Mértola — 23 folhas de perímetro urbano no head SNITDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official viewer
- Tapada Grande — OrdenamentoDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Tapada Grande — CondicionantesDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Tapada Pequena — OrdenamentoDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Tapada Pequena — CondicionantesDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Vale do Guadiana — OrdenamentoDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Vale do Guadiana — CondicionantesDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 26 August 2026Open the official map
- Plano de Urbanização da Vila de Mértola — revisãoDireção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF
- Plano de Urbanização da Mina de São Domingos e PomarãoDireção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF
- Plano de Pormenor do Centro HistóricoDireção-Geral do Território · PDF download · 26 August 2026Download the PDF