Architecture and urban planning
The client shows the plot. The studio receives the enquiry already researched.
For studios and practices: a plot's constraints, PDM changes and urban-planning notices, all in one place.
What your team receives
Today
“I have a plot in Lagos and wanted to know if you design houses.”
- Where is the plot? What can be built there? We do not know.
- Someone at the studio will have to ask all of it again.
New enquiry · plot in Bensafrim, Lagos
- Goal: a home to live in
- Plot identified: Bensafrim, Lagos, 8,420 m²
- House wanted: 180 to 220 m²
- Budget and timing: given by the client
- First read: PDM, effective RAN/REN and median slope (2 m LiDAR)
- Documents: 1 of 3 sent · suggested next step, a first consultation
How it works
- PDM
- RAN
- REN
- slope
- PDM rules
- rules and fees
What the agent does for you
Answer questions about the company
Services, process, service area and frequently asked questions.
Qualify the enquiry
Goal, budget, timing and priority, using your company's own criteria.
Identify a plot or a property
Finds the location from what the client describes or sends.
First read for a project
Cross-checks the client's intention against the local rules. It never concludes feasibility.
Site pack
Delivers a georeferenced pack (DXF, GeoJSON, 1 m contours, a data sheet) to the studio with every request. Does not replace a topographic survey.
Site BIM model
Exports the terrain, the parcel, the constraints and the structures as IFC, LandXML, glTF and BCF, georeferenced in EPSG:3763.
Prepare the meeting request
Puts it all together and asks for consent before any contact.
What Foral knows about a place
We collect and organise the official data of 308 municipalities: what is on the ground, what the rules allow, what risks exist, what is around it and what the council is changing. Each product uses the part that matters to your trade.
Place record
A plot in Bensafrim, Lagos
illustrative example · official source on every line
- The plot
- Plot 12 · 2,340 m² · 6% slope
- The PDM rules
- Low-density urban space · art. 41
- Fees and procedures
- Building permit · 3 documents · 60 days
- The municipality's numbers
- Lagos · 33,812 residents · 160+ indicators
- What the council decided
- Council mtg 12 Aug · neighbouring subdivision approved
- What the council published
- Notice 171/2026 · partial suspension of the PDM
- Plan revisions
- PDM revision in public consultation
- Public tenders
- EN125 upgrade · bids until 15 Oct
cadastre, boundaries, PDM zoning, RAN, REN, risks, slope, buildings
article by article, and the other plans
licences, deadlines, documents
population, housing, prices, employment
meeting minutes
notices and public announcements
revisions and suspensions under way
the municipality's contracts and tenders
Each product uses the part of the record that matters to your trade: the agent reads the whole record, the alerts follow what the council publishes and the land report follows the plot.
The pilots
We are working with architecture studios in the Algarve for 60 days, with no set-up cost.
A pilot is a conversation, then a private agent to test, then the agent on your website, with our team alongside.
What we deliver
- Official source named on every value.
- Last-updated date always visible.
- Coverage stated per capability, never a single number.
- Transparent, documented methodology.
- Export and API access.
Frequently asked questions
Does the agent say whether I can build?
Never. It prepares a first read from official data, and an architect confirms it.
Which documents does it ask for?
The usual ones for a first contact: the land registry entry, the certificate and a topographic survey, when they exist.
Does it work with foreign clients?
Yes. The agent answers in Portuguese and in English, and always delivers the same structured enquiry.
For your trade
Talk to us
Tell us what your business does and how enquiries reach you today. We reply within two working days.