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Building Permits Granted

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Between the beginning of January and the end of July 2004 the planning and building control authorities granted a total of 84 087 building permits on the territory of the Czech Republic, which is 6 152 permits up on the corresponding period of 2003.

There were 46 489 building permits granted for buildings in total (i.e. + 2 106 year-on-year) of which residential buildings accounted for 29 830 permits (+ 859) and non-residential buildings for 16 659 (+ 1 247).

The number of building permits granted for constructions for environmental protections was 17 421, which translates into a decrease of 125.

The number of building permits granted for other constructions amounted to 20 177, which is by 4 171 more than in the corresponding period of 2003.

Of the total 84 087 building permits, 40 339 was granted for new construction (48.0%) and 43 748 for renewals and enhancements (52.0%).

Territorially, rather high investment activities are expected in the Středočeský Region (17.6%), Jihomoravský Region (13.1%) and the capital city of Prague (8.6%), which is in contrast to the lowest construction activities expected in the Karlovarský Region (2.7%), the Liberecký Region (3.8%) and the Pardubický Region (4.4%).

There were 29 830 building permits granted for residential buildings: 9 627 of them for new construction and 20 203 for renewals and enhancements. Most of them were granted in the Středočeský Region (17.5%), the Jihomoravský Region (12.3%) and the Moravskoslezský Region (8.4%). 4 585 building permits issued on the territory of the capital city of Prague make up 15.4%, of which 4.2% account for new construction. 67.7% of the building permits granted of the total comes under renewals and enhancements.

The buildings, which were given a go-ahead for the start of construction in January and July, are supposed to provide 36 983 dwellings throughout the Czech Republic. New construction should provide 17 207 dwellings (46.5%; 16 933 and 274 dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings, respectively). Renewals and enhancements resulting in dwellings should be provide 5 473 dwellings (14.8%; 3 856 in residential buildings and 1 617 in non-residential buildings). Total 22 680 new dwellings. The other renewals and enhancements (i.e. those that do not produce new dwellings) should result in 14 303 reconstructed dwellings (38.7%).

The approximate value of the constructions, for the commencement of which the planning and building control authorities granted building permits by the end of July, amounts to CZK 166 569 million at current prices, which translates into an increase of CZK 9 704 million on the corresponding period of 2003.

A total of CZK 104 268 million (an increase of CZK 554 million year-on-year, i.e. + 0.5%) should be spent on construction of buildings, of which CZK 51 722 million on residential buildings (by CZK 4 690 million more) and CZK 52 546 million on non-residential ones (- CZK 4 136 million).

A total of CZK 13 700 million should be invested in constructions for environmental protection - i.e. by CZK 812 million less than in the corresponding period of 2003.

The approximate value for the other constructions amounts to CZK 48 601 million - a rise of CZK 9 962 million on the corresponding period of 2003.