Shows the planned use and land category.
Alcobaça · planning orientation
Which rules and maps apply to your land?
Alcobaça's October 2025 first PDM revision contains 24 map sheets; six separate detailed plans remain in force, with coastal and PNSAC maps adding location-specific routes.
The short version · about 2 minutes
Most plots need only the basics. The rest is exceptions.
Start with the 10 general maps and the current rule chain. Step 2 folds away document branches you mark “No”; the Câmara confirmation stays open.
- Start here10 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 order1 legal publicationsLater changes sit on top of the earlier PDM text.
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Step 1 · Start with the 10 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 the planned use and land category.
Planta 1.4 — Estrutura Ecológica Municipal
Shows the planned use and land category.
Planta 1.5 — Zonamento Acústico e Riscos
Shows the planned use and land category.
Planta 1.6 — Património
Shows the planned use and land category.
Planta 1.7 — Programa Regional de Ordenamento Florestal
Shows the planned use and land category.
Planta 1.8 — Programação e Execução
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta 2.1 — Reserva Ecológica Nacional
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta 2.2 — Reserva Agrícola Nacional
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta 2.3 — Perigosidade de Incêndio Rural
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta 2.4 — Outras 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 1-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 Alcobaça
Read these publications from oldest to newest. Later acts change parts of the earlier text; they do not replace the whole chain.
Aviso n.º 26890/2025/2
Approves the first PDM revision and identifies the current detailed plans.
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.
Planta 1.2 — Regimes de Salvaguarda da Orla Costeira
Additional maps for a special location
A related “No” folds these maps away from the recommended route.
Planta 1.3 — Parque Natural das Serras de Aire e Candeeiros
More detailed plans to check only inside their boundaries
A related “No” folds these plans away from the recommended route.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor da Área de Localização Empresarial da Benedita
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor da Área de Localização Empresarial da Benedita.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor do Núcleo de Desenvolvimento Turístico de São Martinho do Porto
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor do Núcleo de Desenvolvimento Turístico de São Martinho do Porto.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor da Quinta da Cova da Onça
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor da Quinta da Cova da Onça.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor da Zona Industrial do Casal da Areia
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor da Zona Industrial do Casal da Areia.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor do Quarteirão da Avenida Nova da Igreja — Benedita
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor do Quarteirão da Avenida Nova da Igreja — Benedita.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor do Quarteirão de São Martinho do Porto
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor do Quarteirão de São Martinho do Porto.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the 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 pendingAsk which north or south sheets cover the plot.
- Confirmation pendingAsk whether one of Alcobaça's six in-force detailed plans covers the plot.
- Confirmation pendingAsk the Câmara to confirm the current PDM and any later act.
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Step 5 · Screen first, then write
What GnextD can check now
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Use the local screening for REN, RAN, wildfire, protected areas and Natura 2000 before contacting the Câmara.
The planning register is complete; boundaries without a local runtime binding remain one grouped Câmara question.
REN, RAN, wildfire risk, protected areas and Natura 2000
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The request groups the municipality's mapped instruments into an answerable confirmation request.
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Pedido de confirmação urbanística — prédio em Alcobaça
Exmos. Senhores, Solicito confirmação escrita sobre as regras territoriais aplicáveis ao prédio identificado abaixo, no Município de Alcobaça. Localização/coordenadas: [indicar coordenadas] Referência da parcela: [se disponível] Artigo matricial: [indicar se disponível] Registo predial: [indicar se disponível] 1. Identifique as folhas norte ou sul das plantas de ordenamento e de condicionantes aplicáveis ao prédio. 2. Confirme se algum Plano de Pormenor em vigor abrange o prédio e, em caso afirmativo, identifique-o. 3. Confirme o ato do PDM atualmente em vigor e indique qualquer alteração posterior aplicável. 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 current legal act, regulation and map sheet.
- States whether a special or detailed plan covers the plot.
Ask again if the answer…
- Refers only to the PDM without naming the applicable act or map.
- Does not answer whether an additional plan covers the plot.
Background guides
Signals that this page may be out of date
- A new PDM act or republication appears.
- An additional plan is approved, changed or revoked.
- SNIT or the municipality changes a linked map or document.
Responsibility and currency
- Page owner
- GnextD Land Insights
- Research
- GnextD Land Research
- Technical review
- GnextD Official Source Review
- Sources checked
- 30 August 2026
Official sources
- SNIT — instrumentos em vigor em AlcobaçaDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 30 August 2026Open the official viewer
- Aviso n.º 26890/2025/2 — primeira revisão do PDMDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Primeira revisão do PDM de AlcobaçaCâmara Municipal de Alcobaça · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Elementos que constituem o PDM — versão finalCâmara Municipal de Alcobaça · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Planos de Pormenor em vigorCâmara Municipal de Alcobaça · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Deliberação n.º 17/2017 — ALE da BeneditaDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 1389/2013 — NDT de São Martinho do PortoDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Portaria n.º 1255/93 — Quinta da Cova da OnçaDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 695/2011 — Zona Industrial do Casal da AreiaDiário da República · PDF download · 30 August 2026Download the PDF
- Aviso n.º 25178/2007 — Quarteirão da Avenida Nova da IgrejaDiário da República · PDF download · 30 August 2026Download the PDF
- Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 93/98 — Quarteirão de São Martinho do PortoDiário da República · PDF download · 30 August 2026Download the PDF