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13-01-2022 12:48

Building Permits: October 2021

Increase in Area (3,1%) and decrease in Value (-8,2%)  

The Statistical Service announces that the number of building permits authorized by the municipal authorities and the district administration offices during October 2021 stood at 663. The total value of these permits reached €186,0 million and the total area 173,7 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 801 dwelling units.

During the period January – October 2021, 6.671 building permits were issued compared to 5.689 in the corresponding period of the previous year, recording an increase of 17,3%. The total value of these permits decreased by -8,2% and the total area increased by 3,1%. The number of dwelling units recorded an increase of 10,9%. 

Building permits constitute a leading indicator of future activity in the construction sector.  


Table 1

 

 

 

 

 

Type of Project

Number of Permits

 

Percentage Change (%)

Oct 2021

Jan-Oct

 2021

Jan-Oct 2020

 

  Jan-Oct 2021/

Jan-Oct 2020

Residential Buildings

463

4.670

4.118

 

13,4

Non-residential Buildings

97

1.049

802

 

30,8

Civil Engineering Projects

41

381

252

 

51,2

Division of Plots

50

447

387

 

15,5

Road Construction

12

124

130

 

-4,6

Total

663

6.671

5.689

 

17,3

 

Table 2

 

 

 

 

 

Type of Project

Area (m²)

 

Percentage Change (%)

Oct 2021

Jan-Oct

 2021

Jan-Oct 2020

 

  Jan-Oct 2021/

Jan-Oct 2020

Residential Buildings

156.792

1.625.585

1.521.451

 

6,8

Non-residential Buildings

15.824

294.780

327.687

 

-10,0

Civil Engineering Projects

1.046

6.431

19.148

 

-66,4

Total

173.662

1.926.796

1.868.286

 

3,1

 

Table 3

 

 

 

 

 

Type of Project

Value (€000’s)

 

Percentage Change (%)

Oct 2021

Jan-Oct

 2021

Jan-Oct 2020

 

  Jan-Oct 2021/

Jan-Oct 2020

Residential Buildings

160.229

1.667.144

1.673.920

 

-0,4

Non-residential Buildings

17.218

276.517

404.794

 

-31,7

Civil Engineering Projects

3.669

72.434

113.043

 

-35,9

Division of Plots

3.978

34.962

35.030

 

-0,2

Road Construction

889

7.829

16.420

 

-52,3

Total

185.983

2.058.886

2.243.207

 

-8,2

 

Table 4

 

 

 

 

 

Residential Buildings

Number of Dwelling Units

 

Percentage Change (%)

Oct 2021

Jan-Oct

 2021

Jan-Oct 2020

 

  Jan-Oct 2021/

Jan-Oct 2020

Single houses

231

2.878

2.510

 

14,7

Buildings with two housing units

81

787

763

 

3,1

Residential apartment blocks

462

4.545

3.967

 

14,6

Residential/commercial apartment blocks

27

338

469

 

-27,9

Total

801

8.548

7.709

 

10,9

 

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Scope and coverage

The purpose is the collection of basic data concerning residential and non-residential buildings as well as other construction activities such as civil engineering projects, division of plots and road construction, by district (both urban and rural areas). For each type of project, information is compiled on the number of permits authorized, the area and the value of the project and the number of dwelling units that are expected to be built.

Data cover all building permits authorized by local authorities, namely the municipalities, the district administration offices of the Ministry of Interior and the Agios Tychonas Community Board.

 

Data collection

The Statistical Service receives on a monthly basis from all local authorities copies of all the building permits issued. The information contained in these forms is appropriately coded by the Statistical Service in order to produce the statistics. The EU Classification of Types of Construction (CC) is used to categorize the various construction projects.

 

For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Construction

CYSTAT-DB (Online Database)

Predefined Tables (Excel)

 

Contact
Achilleas Moustakas: Tel.: 22602156, E-mail: amoustakas@cystat.mof.gov.cy.

 

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