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In Q1, the number of building permits issued and buildings completed increased in Lithuania

Danguolė Arėškienė, Statistics Lithuania, 14.05.2015.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 2015, against I quarter 2014, the number of building permits issued increased by 1.6%, of which for the construction of residential buildings – by 2.8%.

The construction of individual houses will remain predominant in the country as it accounts for 98.9% of all permits issued. Building permits were issued for the construction of 1224 individual houses with useful floor area of 199.2 thousand m2, i.e. by 5.8% more than in I quarter 2014. Building permits were also issued for the construction of 22 blocks of flats with useful floor area of 60.2 thousand m2, i.e. by 41.3% more than in I quarter 2014.


Table 1. Building permits issued for the construction of residential buildings in I quarter 2015

 

Number of building permits

Building permits for the construction of

average useful floor area of a dwelling, for which a building permit was granted, m2

buildings

dwellings

number of dwellings, against I quarter 2014, growth,%

useful floor area of dwellings, thous. m2

useful floor area of dwellings, against I quarter 2014, growth,%

Total

1 116

1 246

2 225

10.1

259.4

12.4

116.6

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual houses)

1 104

1 224

1 305

0.1

199.2

5.8

152.7

3 and more dwelling buildings (blocks of flats)

12

22

920

28.5

60.2

41.3

65.4


In I quarter 2015, 367 building permits were issued for the construction of non-residential buildings, i.e. by 1.9% less than in I quarter 2014. Their total floor area will amount to 301.8 thousand m2, or by 10.2% more than in I quarter 2014. In terms of the total floor area, the largest share of building permits issued were those for the construction of buildings of trade and catering enterprises, hotels (26%), and industrial buildings and warehouses (25.8%).

 


Table 2. Building permits issued for the construction of non-residential buildings in I quarter 2015

 

Number of building permits

Building permits for the construction of

non-residential buildings

total floor area,
thousand m2

volume, thousand m3

Total

out of which:

367

 

445

 

301.8

 

1 927.7

 

  Offices

8

8

34.8

152.0

  Industrial buildings and warehouses

37

52

77.8

685.6

  Agricultural and other farm buildings

21

27

28.1

163.2

  Traffic and communication

15

15

5.0

32.1

  Trade and catering enterprises, hotels

50

65

78.4

460.5

  Other

228

269

52.6

277.7


According to the data of IS Infostatyba, in I quarter 2015, 1501 new residential and non-residential buildings were completed, i.e. by 20.3% more than in I quarter 2014. 1231 residential buildings were completed; 2154 dwellings were equipped in the residential buildings and their useful floor area amounted to 255.1 thousand m2, i.e. by 20.3% more than in I quarter 2014. Two hostels with useful floor area of 1 thousand m2 were completed. The average useful floor area of a dwelling in individual house amounted to 155.3 m2, in blocks of flats – 61.2 m2, and against I quarter 2014, decreased by 0.4 and 0.6% respectively.


Table 3. Residential buildings completed in I quarter 2015

 

Number of buildings

Dwellings

average useful floor area of dwelling, m2

number

against I quarter 2014, growth,%

useful floor area, thous. m2

useful floor area of dwellings, against I quarter 2014, growth, drop (-),%

Total

1 233

2 154

15.1

255.1

20.3

118.4

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual houses)

1 204

1 310

27.6

203.4

27.0

155.3

3 and more dwelling buildings (blocks of flats)

27

844

0

51.7

−0.6

61.2

Hostels

2

x

x

x

x

x


In I quarter 2015, 268 non-residential buildings were completed in the country; the total floor area thereof amounted to 183.2 thousand m2, i.e. by 27% more than in I quarter 2014. In terms of the total floor area, the largest share of non-residential buildings completed fell within industrial buildings and warehouses (55.5 thousand m2), and other buildings (38.9 thousand m2).


Concepts

A building permit – a permission to build a new building (buildings); a permission to reconstruct a building (buildings); a permission to renovate (modernize) a building (buildings); design documentation of construction which has been given a written approval of an authorised civil servant (authorised civil servants); a written consent for construction given by the owner (owners) or the holder (holders) of a land plot or adjacent land plots; a permission to continue the suspended construction.

 

A building is considered completed when, in accordance with the established procedure, the statements of completion of construction and the declarations on the completion of construction in compliance with design solution are drawn up. The date of signing a statement or a declaration is considered as the date of completion of construction.

 

More information on the issue is available in the Database of Indicators.






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