The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the twenty second 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 2016, according to their geographical distribution, we find that Doha municipality comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 146 permits, i.e. 25% of the total issued permits while Rayyan municipality (including Sheehaniya) came in second place with 132 permits, i.e. 22%, followed by municipality of Al Wakrah with 103 permits (17%), municipality of Al Da'ayen with 102 permits, i.e.17%.The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 54 permits (9%), Al Khor 41 permits (7%), and finally Al Shamal 11 permits (2%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 62% (363 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of October 2016, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 36% (210 permits), and finally fencing permits with 3% (16 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ permits top the list, accounting for 56% (180 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans by 36% (116 permits) and apartments buildings by 6% (21 permits).
On the other hand, industrial buildings e.g. workshops and factories were found to be in the forefront of non-residential buildings permits with 36% (14 permits),followed by commercial buildings with 31% (12 permits), mosques with 21% (8 permits), then other non-residential buildings with 8% (3 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in October 2016 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general increase of 63%. This increase can be described as coming back to normal levels since the previous month witnessed Eid Al Adha holidays break, lasting for ten days when all building permits services rendered by official agencies came to halt. The increase was noted in all municipalities as follows: Doha 72%, Rayyan 14%, Wakrah 78%, Umm Slal 100%, Al Daayen 155%, Al Khor 58% Al Shamal 22%).
