The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty sixth issue of the monthly Statistics of Building Permits issued by all municipalities of the State.
Building permits data is of particular importance as it is considered an indicator for the performance of the construction sector which in turn occupies a significant position in the national economy.
This press release is intended to give a brief overview of the nature of these monthly permits in terms of their geographical distribution (according to the municipalities) and types of these permits (buildings, additions, fencing) as well as details about categories of the different types of buildings, whether they are residential or non-residential.
It is worth mentioning that the release of this monthly data comes under the joint cooperation between the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics and the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to make use of the existing electronic link between the two ministries.
In a quick review of the data on building permits issued during the month of December 2017, according to their geographical distribution, we find that municipality of Al Wakrah comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 209 permits, i.e. 30% of the total issued permits while Rayyan municipality came in second place with 161 permits, i.e. 23%, followed by municipality of Doha with 131 permits (19%), then Al Da'ayen municipality with 88 permits, i.e.13%. The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 51 permits (7%), Al Khor 28 permits (4%), Al Sheehaniya 26 permits (4%), and finally Al Shamal 7 permits (1%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 64% (446 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of December 2017, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 34% (238 permits), and finally fencing permits with 2% (17 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ top the list, accounting for 49% (143 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans permits by 40% (118 permits) and other residential buildings by 7% (19 permits).
On the other hand, commercial buildings were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 47% (73 permits), followed by industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 29% (45 permits), then governmental buildings with 19% (30 permits), then mosques with 4% (6 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in December 2017 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general decrease of 16%. This decrease was clearly noted in some municipalities Al Shamal (46%), Al Sheehaniya (40%), Al Da'ayen (35%), Doha (28%), Al Khor (26%), Rayyan (17%). On the other hand there was a clear increase in the municipality of Al Wakrah (17%), except Umm Slal municipality which maintained the same number of issued permits.
