What does cedências mean in Portugal?
Cedências are areas of land that the owner of a plot being subdivided hands over free of charge to the municipality, for green spaces, public or affordable housing, community facilities and infrastructure that is to become municipal property.
- Rests on
- RJUE, art. 44.º n.º 1 and n.º 2
- Law
- Decreto-Lei n.º 555/99 (RJUE), as republished by Decreto-Lei n.º 108/2026
- Version
- In force since 1 October 2026 (Decreto-Lei n.º 155-B/2026)
- Official text
- data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/108/2026/05/29/p/dre/pt/pdf
- Sources
- data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/108/2026/05/29/p/dre/pt/pdf
data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/155-b/2026/07/31/p/dre/pt/pdf
data.dre.pt/eli/declretif/29-a/2026/07/27/p/dre/pt/pdf - Checked
- 2026-11-05
What it means for the owner
- The owner marks the cession areas on a plan filed with the application (art. 44.º n.º 2).
- Municipal regulations decide which operations have an impact similar to a subdivision and may also trigger cessions (art. 6.º n.º 13, art. 62.º-B n.º 4).
- For exempt works of that kind, the cessions, any bond and the fees come before the start-of-works notice (art. 6.º n.º 13).
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