The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty fifthissue 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 ofNovember2017, according to their geographical distribution, we find thatRayyanmunicipality comes at the topofthe municipalitieswherethe number of buildingpermits issued were195permits,i.e.23% of the total issued permitswhilemunicipality of Doha camein second place with 183 permits, i.e. 22%, followed by municipality of Al Wakrahwith 179 permits (21%), then Al Da'ayenmunicipalitywith 136permits, i.e.16%.The rest of themunicipalities were as follows :Umm Slal51 permits (6%), Al Sheehaniya43permits(5%),Al Khor38 permits (5%), and finallyAl Shamal13 permits (2%).
In terms oftype of permits issued, data indicatesthat the newbuilding permits (residential and non-residential)constitutes55%(458 permits) of the totalbuilding permitsissued duringthe month ofNovember 2017, while the percentage ofadditionspermits constituted 41%(345permits), and finally fencing permitswith 4%(35 permits).
By analyzingnew residentialbuildingspermitsdata, we find that villas’ topthe list, accounting for 56%(189permits) of all newresidential buildingspermits, followed bydwellings ofhousing loans permitsby 40%(134permits) and apartments buildingsby 4%(14permits).
On the other hand,commercial buildingswere found to be in the forefront of non-residentialbuildings permits with61% (74permits),followed byindustrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 21% (25permits), then governmental buildings with 9% (11permits), then mosqueswith 5% (6permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in November 2017 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general decrease of 2%.This decrease was clearly noted insomemunicipalitiesAl Sheehaniya (20%), Al Shamal (19%), Rayyan (18%), Umm Slal (12%),Al Khor (10%), Al Da'ayen(1%). On the other hand there was a clear increase in the municipalities ofAlWakrah(27%) and Doha(7%).
