The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the thirty fourth 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 October 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 239 permits, i.e. 28% of the total issued permits while municipality of Doha came in second place with 171 permits, i.e. 20%, followed by municipality of Al Wakrah with 141 permits (16%), then Al Da'ayen municipality with 137 permits, i.e.16%. The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 58 permits (7%), Al Sheehaniya 54 permits (6%), Al Khor 42 permits (5%), and finally Al Shamal 16 permits (2%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 53% (458 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of October 2017, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 43% (371 permits), and finally fencing permits with 3% (29 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ top the list, accounting for 53% (193 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans permits by 41% (148 permits) and apartments buildings by 4% (14 permits).
On the other hand, commercial buildings were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 48% (45 permits), followed by industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories with 32% (30 permits), then governmental buildings with 12% (11 permits), then mosques with 7% (7 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in October 2017 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general increase of 82%. This increase was clearly noted in all municipalities Rayyan (175%), Al Sheehaniya (170%), Umm Slal (115%), Al Khor (110%), Doha (80%), Al Da'ayen (46%), Al Shamal (23%) and Al Wakrah (22%).
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