The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics is pleased to publish the twenty third 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 November 2016, according to their geographical distribution, we find that Rayyan municipality (including Sheehaniya) comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 205 permits, i.e. 34% of the total issued permits while Doha municipality came in second place with 130 permits, i.e. 21%, followed by municipality of Al Wakrah with 101 permits (16%), municipality of Al Da'ayen with 83 permits, i.e.14%.The rest of the municipalities were as follows : Umm Slal 45 permits (7%), Al Khor 36 permits (6%), and finally Al Shamal 12 permits (2%).
In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 68% (416 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of November 2016, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 28% (171 permits), and finally fencing permits with 4% (25 permits).
By analyzing new residential buildings permits data, we find that villas’ permits top the list, accounting for 58% (220 permits) of all new residential buildings permits, followed by dwellings of housing loans by 34% (129 permits) and apartments buildings by 6% (22 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 44% (16 permits),followed by commercial buildings with 33% (12 permits), other non-residential buildings with 14% (5 permits), then governmental buildings with 6% (2 permits).
Comparing number of permits issued in November 2016 with those issued in the previous month we noted a general increase of 4%. This increase was noted in the municipalities of Rayyan (55%), Al Shamal (9%). On the other hand there was a decrease in the municipalities of Al Daayen (19%), Umm Slal (17%), Al Khor (12%) Doha (11%), and Wakrah (2%).
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