The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty thirdissue of the monthly Statistics of Building Permits issued by all municipalities of the State.
Building permitsdatais of particularimportanceas it is consideredan indicatorfor the performance ofthe construction sector which in turnoccupiesa significant positionin the national economy.
This press releaseis intendedtogivea briefoverview ofthe nature ofthese monthlypermitsin terms of their geographicaldistribution(accordingto the municipalities) and types of thesepermits(buildings, additions, fencing) as well as details aboutcategoriesof the different types ofbuildings, whether they areresidential ornon-residential.
It is worth mentioningthat the release ofthismonthly datacomesunder the joint cooperationbetween the Ministry ofDevelopment Planningand Statisticsand the Ministry ofMunicipality and Environment to make use ofthe existing electronic linkbetween thetwo ministries.
Ina quickreview of thedataon building permits issuedduring the month ofSeptember2017, according to their geographical distribution, we find thatmunicipality of Al Wakrahcomes at the topofthe municipalitieswherethe number of buildingpermits issued were116permits,i.e.25% of the total issued permitswhilemunicipality of Doha camein second place with 95 permits, i.e. 20%, followed by Al Da'ayenmunicipalitywith 94 permits (20%), then Rayyanmunicipality with 87permits, i.e.18%.The rest of themunicipalities were as follows :Umm Slal27 permits (6%), Al Khorand Al Sheehaniya 20permits(4%) each,and finallyAl Shamal13 permits (3%).
In terms oftype of permits issued, data indicatesthat the newbuilding permits (residential and non-residential)constitutes53%(250 permits) of the totalbuilding permitsissued duringthe month ofSeptember 2017, while the percentage ofadditionspermits constituted 44%(210permits), and finally fencing permitswith 3%(12 permits).
By analyzingnew residentialbuildingspermitsdata, we find that dwellings ofhousing loans permits topthe list, accounting for 47%(98permits) of all newresidential buildingspermits, followed byvillas’ by 43%(90permits) and apartments buildingsby 7%(14permits).
On the other hand,commercial buildingswere found to be in the forefront of non-residentialbuildings permits with48% (20permits),followed byindustrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 31% (13permits), then governmental buildings with 12% (5permits), then mosqueswith 10% (4permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in September 2017 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general decrease of 34%. This is due to the seasonality as well as Eid Al Adha holidays, lasting for ten days when all building permits services rendered by official agencies came to halt.This decrease was clearly noted in municipalitiesRayyan (55%), Umm Slal (46%),Doha (41%),Al Khor (33%), Al Da'ayen(32%), Wakrah(1%),On the other hand there was anincrease in the municipalities of Al Sheehaniya (25%) and Al Shamal (8%).
