Interior painting and repairs: do you need a permit in Portugal?

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Painting and repairs inside a home are conservation work: exempt from licence and prior communication, and exempt from the start-of-works notice when done only inside.

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Answer

Exempt, with no notice to the council needed

Why

Conservation works that affect only the interior of a building are excused from the start-of-works notice (art 80-A(3))

Conservation means

Work to keep a building in its existing condition, including restoration, repair and cleaning (art 2(f))

Council rules

Your council can add detail in its own building regulation where the law lets it, so ask before you start.

Legal basis

RJUE art 6(1)(a), 2(f) and 80-A(3), RJUE (Decreto-Lei 555/99) as republished in the Annex of Decreto-Lei 108/2026

Sources

data.dre.pt/eli/dec-lei/108/2026/05/29/p/dre/pt/pdf

Checked

2026-11-05