diff --git a/apps/server/src/core/page/services/page-permission.service.ts b/apps/server/src/core/page/services/page-permission.service.ts
index 373526e6..56f1bba8 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/core/page/services/page-permission.service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/core/page/services/page-permission.service.ts
@@ -366,20 +366,19 @@ export class PagePermissionService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Check if user has writer permission on ALL restricted ancestors of a page.
+   * Used for permission management operations.
+   */
   async hasWritePermission(userId: string, pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const restrictedAncestor =
-      await this.pagePermissionRepo.findRestrictedAncestor(pageId);
+    const hasRestriction =
+      await this.pagePermissionRepo.hasRestrictedAncestor(pageId);
 
-    if (!restrictedAncestor) {
-      return false;
+    if (!hasRestriction) {
+      return false; // no restrictions, defer to space permissions
     }
 
-    const permission = await this.pagePermissionRepo.getUserPagePermission(
-      userId,
-      restrictedAncestor.pageId,
-    );
-
-    return permission?.role === PagePermissionRole.WRITER;
+    return this.pagePermissionRepo.canUserEditPage(userId, pageId);
   }
 
   async hasPageAccess(pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
@@ -402,46 +401,34 @@ export class PagePermissionService {
 
   /**
    * Check if user can view a page.
+   * User must have permission (reader or writer) on EVERY restricted ancestor.
    * Returns true if:
-   * - Page has no restricted ancestor: fall back to space permission
-   * - Page has restricted ancestor: user has reader or writer permission on that ancestor
+   * - No ancestors are restricted (defer to space permission)
+   * - User has permission on all restricted ancestors
    */
   async canViewPage(userId: string, pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const restrictedAncestor =
-      await this.pagePermissionRepo.findRestrictedAncestor(pageId);
-
-    if (!restrictedAncestor) {
-      return true; // no page-level restriction, defer to space permission
-    }
-
-    const permission = await this.pagePermissionRepo.getUserPagePermission(
-      userId,
-      restrictedAncestor.pageId,
-    );
-
-    return !!permission; // has any permission (reader or writer)
+    return this.pagePermissionRepo.canUserAccessPage(userId, pageId);
   }
 
   /**
    * Check if user can edit a page.
+   * User must have WRITER permission on EVERY restricted ancestor.
    * Returns true if:
-   * - Page has no restricted ancestor: fall back to space permission
-   * - Page has restricted ancestor: user has writer permission on that ancestor
+   * - No ancestors are restricted (defer to space permission)
+   * - User has writer permission on all restricted ancestors
    */
   async canEditPage(userId: string, pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
-    const restrictedAncestor =
-      await this.pagePermissionRepo.findRestrictedAncestor(pageId);
+    return this.pagePermissionRepo.canUserEditPage(userId, pageId);
+  }
 
-    if (!restrictedAncestor) {
-      return true; // no page-level restriction, defer to space permission
-    }
-
-    const permission = await this.pagePermissionRepo.getUserPagePermission(
-      userId,
-      restrictedAncestor.pageId,
-    );
-
-    return permission?.role === PagePermissionRole.WRITER;
+  /**
+   * Filter page IDs to only those the user can access.
+   */
+  async filterAccessiblePages(
+    pageIds: string[],
+    userId: string,
+  ): Promise<string[]> {
+    return this.pagePermissionRepo.filterAccessiblePageIds(pageIds, userId);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page-permission.repo.ts b/apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page-permission.repo.ts
index cf3c4f09..e9b5bd27 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page-permission.repo.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/database/repos/page/page-permission.repo.ts
@@ -267,4 +267,145 @@ export class PagePermissionRepo {
       .orderBy('pageHierarchy.depth', 'asc')
       .executeTakeFirst();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if user can access a page by verifying they have permission on ALL restricted ancestors.
+   * Returns true if:
+   * - No ancestors are restricted, OR
+   * - User has permission (reader or writer) on every restricted ancestor
+   */
+  async canUserAccessPage(userId: string, pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    // Find any restricted ancestor where user lacks permission
+    const deniedAncestor = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('pageHierarchy')
+      .innerJoin('pageAccess', 'pageAccess.pageId', 'pageHierarchy.ancestorId')
+      .leftJoin('pagePermissions', (join) =>
+        join
+          .onRef('pagePermissions.pageAccessId', '=', 'pageAccess.id')
+          .on((eb) =>
+            eb.or([
+              eb('pagePermissions.userId', '=', userId),
+              eb(
+                'pagePermissions.groupId',
+                'in',
+                eb
+                  .selectFrom('groupUsers')
+                  .select('groupUsers.groupId')
+                  .where('groupUsers.userId', '=', userId),
+              ),
+            ]),
+          ),
+      )
+      .select('pageAccess.pageId')
+      .where('pageHierarchy.descendantId', '=', pageId)
+      .where('pagePermissions.id', 'is', null)
+      .executeTakeFirst();
+
+    return !deniedAncestor;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if user can edit a page by verifying they have WRITER permission on ALL restricted ancestors.
+   * Returns true if:
+   * - No ancestors are restricted, OR
+   * - User has writer permission on every restricted ancestor
+   */
+  async canUserEditPage(userId: string, pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    // Find any restricted ancestor where user lacks writer permission
+    const deniedAncestor = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('pageHierarchy')
+      .innerJoin('pageAccess', 'pageAccess.pageId', 'pageHierarchy.ancestorId')
+      .leftJoin('pagePermissions', (join) =>
+        join
+          .onRef('pagePermissions.pageAccessId', '=', 'pageAccess.id')
+          .on('pagePermissions.role', '=', 'writer')
+          .on((eb) =>
+            eb.or([
+              eb('pagePermissions.userId', '=', userId),
+              eb(
+                'pagePermissions.groupId',
+                'in',
+                eb
+                  .selectFrom('groupUsers')
+                  .select('groupUsers.groupId')
+                  .where('groupUsers.userId', '=', userId),
+              ),
+            ]),
+          ),
+      )
+      .select('pageAccess.pageId')
+      .where('pageHierarchy.descendantId', '=', pageId)
+      .where('pagePermissions.id', 'is', null)
+      .executeTakeFirst();
+
+    return !deniedAncestor;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Filter a list of page IDs to only those the user can access.
+   * Efficient single-query implementation for bulk filtering.
+   */
+  async filterAccessiblePageIds(
+    pageIds: string[],
+    userId: string,
+  ): Promise<string[]> {
+    if (pageIds.length === 0) return [];
+
+    // For each page, count restricted ancestors vs permitted ancestors
+    // A page is accessible if restrictedCount == permittedCount
+    const results = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('pages')
+      .select('pages.id')
+      .where('pages.id', 'in', pageIds)
+      .where(({ not, exists, selectFrom }) =>
+        not(
+          exists(
+            selectFrom('pageHierarchy')
+              .innerJoin(
+                'pageAccess',
+                'pageAccess.pageId',
+                'pageHierarchy.ancestorId',
+              )
+              .leftJoin('pagePermissions', (join) =>
+                join
+                  .onRef('pagePermissions.pageAccessId', '=', 'pageAccess.id')
+                  .on((eb) =>
+                    eb.or([
+                      eb('pagePermissions.userId', '=', userId),
+                      eb(
+                        'pagePermissions.groupId',
+                        'in',
+                        eb
+                          .selectFrom('groupUsers')
+                          .select('groupUsers.groupId')
+                          .where('groupUsers.userId', '=', userId),
+                      ),
+                    ]),
+                  ),
+              )
+              .select('pageAccess.pageId')
+              .whereRef('pageHierarchy.descendantId', '=', 'pages.id')
+              .where('pagePermissions.id', 'is', null),
+          ),
+        ),
+      )
+      .execute();
+
+    return results.map((r) => r.id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a page or any of its ancestors has restrictions.
+   * Used to determine if page-level permission checks are needed.
+   */
+  async hasRestrictedAncestor(pageId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    const result = await this.db
+      .selectFrom('pageHierarchy')
+      .innerJoin('pageAccess', 'pageAccess.pageId', 'pageHierarchy.ancestorId')
+      .select('pageAccess.id')
+      .where('pageHierarchy.descendantId', '=', pageId)
+      .executeTakeFirst();
+
+    return !!result;
+  }
 }