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An increase in the number of building permits issued for the construction of new buildings in Lithuania in Q1 2017

olanta Nikolajeva Chief Specialist, Construction and Investment Statistics Division, 23.05.2017.Print version
Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on the data from the Building Permits and State Construction Supervision Information System the Republic of Lithuania (IS) Infostatyba, in I quarter 2017, against I quarter 2016, the number of building permits issued for the construction of new buildings (hereinafter referred to as the building permits) increased by 16.7%, of which the number of building permits issued for the construction of new residential buildings – by 15.8%.

The construction of individual houses will predominate in the country – it accounted for 96.3% of all permits issued. Building permits were issued for the construction of 1 791 new individual houses and 97 blocks of flats whose useful floor area will be by, respectively, 12.3% and 2.2 times larger than in I quarter 2016.


Table 1. Building permits issued for the construction of new residential buildings in I quarter 2017

 

Number
of building
permits

Building permits for the construction of

average
useful floor
area per
dwelling, m2

buildings

dwellings

dwellings against I quarter 2016, growth, per cent, t.

 

useful
floor area
of dwellings,
thous. m2

useful floor area of dwellings, against I quarter 2016, growth, per cent, t.

Total

1 503

1 888

4 872

78.5

442.0

36.6

90.7

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual
houses)

1 448

1 791

2 095

21.4

283.1

12.3

135.1

3 and more dwelling buildings
(blocks of flats)

55

97

2 777

2.8 t.

158.9

2.2 t.

57.2



In I quarter 2017, 226 building permits were issued for the construction of new non-residential buildings, i.e. by 22.8% more than in the respective period of 2016. The total floor area of the new non-residential buildings whose construction was authorized will be by 47.1% larger than in the respective period of 2016. In terms of the total floor area, the largest share of building permits issued were those for the construction of industrial buildings and warehouses (35.4%) and office buildings (16.4%).


Table 2. Building permits issued for the construction of non-residential buildings in I quarter 2017

 

Number of building permits

Building permits for the construction of

non-residential

buildings

total floor area,

thous. m2

volume,

thous. m3

Total

226

292

365.1

2609.1

of  which:

 

 

 

 

office buildings

15

17

59.8

249.4

industrial buildings and warehouses

72

94

129.2

1109.8

agricultural and other farm buildings

41

54

58.6

482.5

transport and communication

9

9

2.9

17.4

trade, catering enterprises, hotels

22

24

50.8

355.4

other

59

85

44.6

282.7



According to the data of IS Infostatyba, in I quarter 2017, 1 667 new residential and non-residential buildings were completed, i.e. by 85.8% more than in the respective quarter of 2016. 1 529 new residential buildings with 2 300 dwellings were completed, of which 70.8% – in individual houses. The useful floor area of the dwellings completed amounted to 281.7 thousand m2, i.e. by 65.8% more than in I quarter 2016. The average useful floor area of a dwelling in individual house amounted to 147.4 m2, in blocks of flats – 62 m2.


In I quarter 2017, 31.4 % of all dwellings completed were in Kaunas, 30.1% – Vilnius, 23.9% – Klaipėda counties.


Table 3. New residential buildings completed in I quarter 2017

 

Number of buildings

Dwellings

average useful floor area of dwelling, m2

number

against I quarter 2016,

growth, drop, per cent, t.

useful floor area, thous. m2

useful floor area of dwellings, against I quarter 2016,

growth, drop, per cent, t.

Total

1 529

2 300

33.0

281.7

65.8

122.5

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual houses)

1 497

1 629

2 t.

240.1

2.1 t.

147.4

3 and more dwelling buildings (blocks of flats)

32

671

–27.8

41.6

–22.2

62.0


In I quarter 2017, 138 new non-residential buildings were completed. Their total floor area amounted to 160.4 thousand m2, i.e. by 34.1% less than in the respective quarter 2016. In terms of the total floor area, industrial buildings and warehouses (43.8 thousand m2) and office buildings (42.9 thousand m2) accounted for the largest share.


In I quarter 2017, in terms of the total floor area, 40.5% of all new non-residential buildings completed were in Vilnius, 29% – Kaunas, 9.3% – Klaipėda counties.





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