Public-data screening report

Riverside holding above Silvares

40.150027, −7.663713 · Silvares, Municipality of Fundão · Portugal

Satellite view with the supplied plot boundary beside the River Zêzere

40.1500° N
7.6637° W

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Measured area3.33 haboundary estimate

Perimeter798 mboundary estimate

River boundaryZêzererights and flood checks open

Public approachEM1062via EN238 · final access unverified

THE SHORT VERSION

A strong river-valley canvas, but access rights, fire safety and planning status decide whether it is buyable.

Useful landscape diversityRiver edge, open bench and wooded shelter can support a zoned permaculture design.

Corrected public approachSilvares and EN238 feed EM1062 toward Ourondo; the parcel lies on the Fundão side.

Three potential deal-breakersLegal access, parcel-level planning constraints and dry-season water rights remain unresolved.

SUITABILITY BREAKDOWN

What drives the score

Each category combines public evidence with an uncertainty penalty. River frontage, vegetation or parcel size cannot quietly become legal water, fertile soil or buildability.

74/100

Water resilience

Strong context, rights unknown

Direct Zêzere frontage is valuable, but abstraction rights, summer flow, quality and flood constraints are not established.

72/100

Terrain & solar

Likely workable

Imagery suggests an open central bench and steeper wooded margins. The slope figures remain a modelled estimate.

52/100

Soil & production

Evidence gap

Vegetation is encouraging, but no parcel-level soil class or laboratory profile is confirmed. Test depth, texture, pH and metals.

68/100

Climate fit

Capable but summer-dry

Fundão normals show useful annual rain but very dry July and August, plus hot days and winter frost.

38/100

Fire resilience

Material constraint

Silvares was among the parishes affected by the 2025 fires; dense surrounding fuel makes access and defensible space essential.

48/100

Planning & rights

Parcel query required

Fundão PDM classification, REN/RAN, river margins and the legal status of every mapped structure still require written confirmation.

70/100

Access & services

Public route identified

The public approach is EN238 to EM1062 toward Ourondo, then the local entrance. Legal access and all-weather condition remain unverified.

WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD ADDS

Signals beyond the satellite image

These findings widen the plot story without pretending regional data is parcel proof.

Research update · 8 Aug 2026

EN238 → EM1062

The Silvares-side road approach

EM1062 is the municipal road between Silvares and Ourondo. The exact final entrance is visible in the supplied imagery, but its legal status and width need checking.

821.5 mm/year

Rain is seasonal, not evenly useful

IPMA's Fundão normal records only 5.7 mm in July and 8.3 mm in August. A productive summer plan needs measured demand and storage.

67.7 hot days/year

Heat and frost both matter

The station averages 67.7 days at or above 30°C, 19.9 days at or above 35°C and 18 frost days. Design for shade, water and cold-air pockets.

2025 fire impact

Recent parish-level evidence

Silvares appears in the municipality's list of parishes affected by the 2025 summer fires. This is regional evidence, not a parcel burn-history map.

~5 km regional screen

Panasqueira mining legacy

LNEG documents acidic drainage and metals at historic tailings in the wider valley. It does not prove contamination here, but justifies baseline soil and irrigation-water tests.

~1.6 km straight-line

Silvares services are nearby

Municipal records list town-level water, sanitation, power, telecom, transport and public services. None of that proves a connection at this rural parcel.

ACCESS & NEARBY SERVICES

The route is identifiable. The right to use the last metres is not.

Public sources identify the Silvares-side approach. A title search and site visit must still establish the parcel's legal, year-round and emergency access.

Access status · partial

Regional approachEN238Confirmed

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Silvares–Ourondo roadEM1062Confirmed

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Final approachLocal entrance / trackVisible

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Legal connectionParcel gate / right-of-wayUnverified

Weather resilience

A municipal notice temporarily closed a section of EM1062 in January 2026 after instability linked to severe weather. Treat this as a resilience warning, not evidence the road is currently closed.

Emergency egress

No independent second exit is confirmed. Verify fire-engine width, turning radius, gate access, gradients and escape options before relying on the track.

Town services

Silvares has town-level water, sewer, power, telecom, transport and public services. Rural parcel connection points, capacity and extension cost are unknown.

LANDSCAPE READ

A productive clearing inside a forested frame

Imagery estimate · medium confidence

Forest / plantation46%

Open grass / scrub32%

Riparian corridor12%

Track / structures4%

Unclassified6%

Design reading

Protect the riparian strip, place intensive production on the open bench and progressively break dense fuel into irrigated, accessible cells. Percentages are image interpretation, not cadastral land-use data.

TERRAIN

Preliminary slope profile

DEM estimate

11%estimated median slope

0–5% · easy works24%

5–15% · workable49%

15–30% · manage22%

30%+ · protect5%

Dominant aspectSW / WElevation band~385–430 m

BUYER DUE DILIGENCE

Turn uncertainty into a field plan

The score is a triage tool. These checks decide whether this plot is genuinely viable for your intended use.

5 decisive checks

Before an offerGet a written Fundão planning opinionArchitect / Câmara⌄

Ask for the exact PDM class plus REN, RAN, flood, watercourse, wildfire and road-servitude overlays. Confirm whether any structure has legal pre-existence and what use is possible.

Before an offerProve legal and emergency accessSolicitor / surveyor⌄

Reconcile title, tax record and cadastral geometry. Confirm public-road frontage or a registered right-of-way, usable width, gradient, gate control, turning and a second fire-escape option.

On siteTest dry-season water and flood evidenceHydrogeologist⌄

Check legal abstraction, existing wells, August flow, water quality, historic flood marks and the storage required for the intended irrigated area.

On siteSample soil and irrigation waterAgronomist / lab⌄

Test the open bench, riparian edge and forest separately for depth, texture, pH, organic matter and nutrients. Add As, Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn as a regional legacy screen.

Design phaseCost a defensible, accessible fire landscapeForester⌄

Price an all-weather approach, water points, fuel breaks, managed riparian vegetation and progressive conversion of dense fuel into a productive mosaic.

PROVENANCE

Every conclusion should be traceable

Open the public authority behind each signal. Source scale and confidence travel with the score; regional evidence is never labelled parcel proof.

Screened 8 Aug 2026

Municipal planningFundão · PDM 2023 / Geoportal

Parcel query requiredHigh

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Administrative locationDGAL · Silvares (Fundão)

Parish confirmedHigh

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Road network & disruptionFundão · EM1062 / EN238

Route confirmedHigh

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Climate normalsIPMA · Fundão 1991–2020

Nearest-station proxyMedium

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Wildfire historyMunicipality of Fundão

Parish impact confirmedHigh

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Wildfire hazardICNF · CPIR / SGIFR

Parcel class to extractMedium

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Regional mining legacyLNEG · Panasqueira study

Screening flag onlyMedium

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Water use & licensingAPA · water resources

Licence check requiredHigh

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Soils & aptitudeDGADR · SNISolos

Regional data onlyLow

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Cadastre & boundariesDGT · SNIC / BUPi

Boundary supplied by userMedium

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