The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty first 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 July 2017, according to their geographical distribution, we find that Rayyan municipality comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 152 permits, i.e. 24% of the total issued permits while Al Da'ayen municipality came in second place with 132 permits, i.e. 21%, followed by municipality of Doha with 128 permits (20%), then municipality of Al Wakrah with 103 permits, i.e.16%. The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 44 permits (7%), Al Sheehaniya 29 permits (5%), Al Khor 28 permits (4%), and finally Al Shamal 13 permits (2%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 59% (372 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of July 2017, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 38% (240 permits), and finally fencing permits with 3% (17 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ permits top the list, accounting for 52% (161 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans by 38% (119 permits) and apartments buildings by 7% (22 permits).
On the other hand, commercial buildings were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 50% (30 permits), followed by mosques and industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 23% (14 permits) for each type, then governmental buildings with 3% (2 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in July 2017 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general increase of 53%. This increase was clearly noted in most municipalities Umm Slal (144%), Wakrah (110%), Al Da'ayen and Al Shamal (86%) each, Doha (39%), Al Sheehaniya (32%), Rayyan (23%), while Al Khor municipality which maintained the same number of issued permits.
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