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The number of building permits issued in Lithuania increased by 5.3% in Q2

Jolanta Nikolajeva, Statistics Lithuania, 15.08.2017.Print version
Statistics Lithuania informs that in II quarter 2017, against II quarter 2016, based on the data from the Building Permits and State Construction Supervision Information System of the Republic of Lithuania (IS) Infostatyba, the number of building permits issued increased by 5.3%, of which for the construction of residential buildings – by 3.4%.

The construction of individual houses will remain predominant: 98.5% of all the building permits issued were those for the construction of individual houses. Building permits were issued for the construction of 1 772 individual houses with the useful floor area by 7.4% smaller and 47 blocks of flats with the useful floor area by 28.8% smaller than in the respective quarter of 2016.


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

 

Number
of building
permits

Building permits for the construction of

Average
useful floor
area per
dwelling, m2

buildings

dwellings

dwellings against II quarter 2016, growth, drop (–),%

 

useful
floor area
of dwellings,
thous. m2

useful floor area of dwellings, against II quarter 2016, drop (–),%

Total

1 500

1 819

3 798

–14.6

380.6

–15.0

100.2

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual
houses)

1 478

1 772

2 027

6.7

267.8

–7.4

132.1

3 and more dwelling buildings (blocks of flats)

22

47

1 771

 –30.4

112.8

 –28.8

63.7


In II quarter 2017, 270 building permits were issued for the construction of non-residential buildings, i.e. by 17.4% more than in the respective quarter of 2016. The total floor area of non-residential buildings whose construction was authorised will be by 26.1% smaller than in the respective quarter 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 (51.7%) and office buildings (20.9%).


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

 

Number of building permits

Building permits for the construction of

non-residential

buildings

total floor area,

thous. m2

volume,

thous. m3

Total

270

305

387.2

2947.6

of  which:

 

 

 

 

office buildings

20

24

81.1

358.3

industrial buildings and warehouses

67

81

200.3

1958.7

agricultural and other farm buildings

44

50

31.7

187.2

transport and communication

19

19

8.1

52.4

trade, catering enterprises, hotels

33

33

35.4

212.8

other

81

92

22.0

115.8


According to the data of the IS Infostatyba, in II quarter 2017, 1 770 residential and non-residential buildings were completed, i.e. by 14.6% more than in the respective quarter of 2016. 1 592 residential buildings with 2 900 dwellings were completed, of which 60.8% – in individual houses. The useful floor area of the dwellings completed amounted to 318.7 thousand m2, i.e. by 4.3% less than in II quarter 2016. The average useful floor area of a dwelling in an individual house amounted to 144.3 m2, in a block of flats – to 56.6 m2.

 

In II quarter 2017, 51% of all the dwellings completed were located in Vilnius, 22.5% – Kaunas, 12% – Klaipėda counties.


Table 3. Residential buildings completed in II quarter 2017

 

Number of buildings

Dwellings

Average useful floor area of a dwelling, m2

number

against II quarter 2016,

growth, drop (–),%

useful floor area, thous. m2

useful floor area, against II quarter 2016,

growth, drop (–),%

Total

1 592

2 900

–10.1

318.7

–4.3

109.9

1–2 dwelling buildings (individual houses)

1 574

1 764

15.6

254.4

11.1

144.3

3 and more dwelling buildings (blocks of flats)

18

1 136

–33.1

64.3

–38.2

56.6


In II quarter 2017, 178 non-residential buildings were completed. Their total floor area amounted to 178.3 thousand m2, i.e. by 21.4% less than in the respective quarter 2016. In terms of the total floor area, industrial buildings and warehouses (101.4 thousand m2) and agricultural buildings (30.7 thousand m2) accounted for the largest share.

 

In II quarter 2017, in terms of the total floor area, most – 29.6% – of all the non-residential buildings completed were located in Vilnius, 27% – Kaunas, 11.6% – Šiauliai counties.





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