Shows the planned use and land category.
Caldas da Rainha · planning orientation
Which rules and maps apply to your land?
Caldas da Rainha requires a 23-act PDM chain, six current map routes, three separate local plans and the 2025 Article 199 map distinguishing 110 exception areas from 40 areas where suspension remains.
The short version · about 2 minutes
Most plots need only the basics. The rest is exceptions.
Start with the 4 general maps and the current rule chain. Step 2 folds away document branches you mark “No”; the Câmara confirmation stays open.
- Start here4 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 order23 legal publicationsLater changes sit on top of the earlier PDM text.
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Step 1 · Start with the 4 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 de Ordenamento — Cidade 1:10 000
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta de Condicionantes — Concelho 1:25 000
Shows public restrictions and planning constraints.
Planta de Condicionantes — Cidade 1:10 000
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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 23-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 Caldas da Rainha
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 101/2002
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Regulamento (extrato) n.º 259/2010
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Edital n.º 413/2011
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Edital n.º 5/2015
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 135/2015
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 2662/2015
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 2740/2015
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 3162/2015
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 9043/2017
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 14508/2017
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 1430/2018
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 16334/2018
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 12613/2019
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Declaração n.º 63/2019
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 18123/2019
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 13765/2021
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 10599/2022
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 1629/2023
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 9386/2023
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Declaração n.º 111/2024/2
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Declaração n.º 35/2025/2
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 7331/2025/2
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
Aviso n.º 8823/2025/2
Changes, corrects or adapts the PDM; read it in the chronological chain.
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 de Ordenamento — POC
Additional maps for a special location
A related “No” folds these maps away from the recommended route.
Temporary or area-specific rules
A related “No” folds these regimes away from the recommended route.
Áreas de exceção e de suspensão ao abrigo do artigo 199.º do RJIGT
The 2025 declaration maps 110 exception areas and records 40 other areas where the suspension remains.
The declaration distinguishes mapped exceptions from areas where the Article 199 suspension remains; the Câmara must confirm the plot-specific effect.
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 de Salir do Porto
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Urbanização de Salir do Porto.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor da Estrada Atlântica / Foz do Arelho
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor da Estrada Atlântica / Foz do Arelho.
If the plot is covered, read this plan's regulation and maps with the PDM.
Detailed plan
Plano de Pormenor de Reabilitação Urbana do Centro Histórico
This plan applies only inside the official boundary of Plano de Pormenor de Reabilitação Urbana do Centro Histórico.
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 whether the municipal or city-scale map is used for the plot.
- Confirmation pendingAsk whether the plot is in one of the 110 exception areas or one of the 40 areas where suspension remains.
- Confirmation pendingAsk whether one of the three in-force additional plans covers the plot.
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Step 5 · Screen first, then write
What GnextD can check now
Check the national datasets for this point
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
Ready to send in Portuguese
Ask the Câmara to confirm this plot
The request groups the municipality's mapped instruments into an answerable confirmation request.
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 Caldas da Rainha
Exmos. Senhores, Solicito confirmação escrita sobre as regras territoriais aplicáveis ao prédio identificado abaixo, no Município de Caldas da Rainha. Localização/coordenadas: [indicar coordenadas] Referência da parcela: [se disponível] Artigo matricial: [indicar se disponível] Registo predial: [indicar se disponível] 1. Identifique as plantas e escalas concretamente usadas para o prédio. 2. Confirme se o prédio está numa área de exceção ou numa área onde se mantém a suspensão identificada na Declaração n.º 35/2025/2. 3. Confirme se algum Plano de Urbanização ou Plano de Pormenor em vigor abrange o prédio e identifique-o. 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
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- Research
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- Technical review
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- Sources checked
- 30 August 2026
Official sources
- SNIT — instrumentos em vigor nas Caldas da RainhaDireção-Geral do Território · opens in an official viewer · 30 August 2026Open the official viewer
- Plano Diretor Municipal em vigorCâmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Regulamento do PDM em vigor — versão integral informativaCâmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha · PDF download · 30 August 2026Download the PDF
- Resolução do Conselho de Ministros n.º 101/2002Diário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Declaração n.º 111/2024/2 — adaptação ao PGRIDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Declaração n.º 35/2025/2 — áreas do artigo 199.ºDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 7331/2025/2 — alteração do PDMDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 8823/2025/2 — alteração do PDMDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Planos territoriais em vigorCâmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 29190/2024/2 — PU de Salir do PortoDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Plano de Pormenor da Estrada AtlânticaCâmara Municipal das Caldas da Rainha · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page
- Aviso n.º 5522/2023 — PP de Reabilitação Urbana do Centro HistóricoDiário da República · official page · 30 August 2026Open the official page