Lisa Ventura Lopes, Real Estate & Planning Partner, reviews the first two years of implementation of the Simplex Urbanístico and the challenges that continue to affect its application in an opinion piece entitled ‘Simplex Urbanístico: two years on, the promise remains unfulfilled’, published by CNN Portugal.

The article highlights issues such as ex post supervision, the prior notification regime, consistency in municipal practice and the impact of administrative uncertainty on investment.