What does projetos de especialidades mean in Portugal?
The projetos de especialidades are the technical projects, such as the stability (structural) project, that complete the architecture project. If they are not filed with the application, they are due within six months of the architecture approval.
- Rests on
- RJUE, art. 20.º n.º 4, art. 23.º 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 20-day decision deadline for building works runs from their submission (art. 23.º n.º 2 a)).
- Where the council grants a partial licence for the structure, a stability and peripheral containment project is required (art. 23.º n.º 6).
- For works exempt after a full prior-information request, the specialist projects come with the start-of-works notice (art. 80.º-A n.º 4).
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