Filenews 11 August 2022
The building permits issued in the period January – May 2022 are of lesser value and area, with residential units also recording a decrease in their number.
Specifically, the Statistical Service announced that the number of building permits issued by the municipal authorities and the provincial administrations in May 2022 amounted to 761. The total value of these permits reached €248.0 million and the total area 224.8 thousand square metres. With these permits, it is planned to build 893 residential units.
During the period January – May 2022, 3,272 building permits were issued compared to 3,157 in the corresponding period of the previous year, recording an increase of 3,6%. The total value of these permits decreased by 6.8% and the total area by 9.4%. The number of residential units decreased by 9.4%.
Building permits are an important indication of future activity in the construction sector.
Table 1 | ||||
Project Category | Number of Licenses | Percentage Change (%) | ||
May 2022 | Jan-May 2022 | Jan-May 2021 | Jan-May 2022/ Jan-May 2021 | |
Residential Buildings | 506 | 2.241 | 2.256 | -0,7 |
Non-Residential Buildings | 133 | 507 | 472 | 7,4 |
Civil Engineering Works | 57 | 213 | 177 | 20,3 |
Division of Plots | 48 | 230 | 201 | 14,4 |
Road Construction | 17 | 81 | 51 | 58,8 |
Total | 761 | 3.272 | 3.157 | 3,6 |
Table 2 | ||||
Project Category | Area (m²) | Percentage Change (%) | ||
May 2022 | Jan-May 2022 | Jan-May 2021 | Jan-May 2022/ Jan-May 2021 | |
Residential Buildings | 175.008 | 744.160 | 842.922 | -11,7 |
Non-Residential Buildings | 48.703 | 128.301 | 121.270 | 5,8 |
Civil Engineering Works | 1.045 | 3.766 | 2.891 | 30,3 |
Total | 224.756 | 876.227 | 967.083 | -9,4 |
Table 3 | ||||
Project Category | Price (€000's) | Percentage Change (%) | ||
May 2022 | Jan-May 2022 | Jan-May 2021 | Jan-May 2022/ Jan-May 2021 | |
Residential Buildings | 184.129 | 774.947 | 891.065 | -13,0 |
Non-Residential Buildings | 47.506 | 150.100 | 115.823 | 29,6 |
Civil Engineering Works | 11.612 | 42.520 | 42.885 | -0,9 |
Division of Plots | 3.801 | 24.450 | 15.322 | 59,6 |
Road Construction | 907 | 4.130 | 3.172 | 30,2 |
Total | 247.955 | 996.147 | 1.068.267 | -6,8 |
Table 4 | ||||
Residential Buildings | Number of Residential Units | Percentage Change (%) | ||
May 2022 | Jan-May 2022 | Jan-May 2021 | Jan-May 2022/ Jan-May 2021 | |
Houses | 276 | 1.352 | 1.394 | -3,0 |
Duplexes | 87 | 389 | 378 | 2,9 |
Residential apartment buildings | 480 | 2.038 | 2.418 | -15,7 |
Mixed apartment buildings | 50 | 218 | 224 | -2,7 |
Total | 893 | 3.997 | 4.414 | -9,4 |
