Building Permits Granted

Commentary

Between the beginning of January and the end of July 2005 the planning and building control authorities granted a total of 77 257 building permits on the territory of the Czech Republic, which is 6 830 permits down on the corresponding period of 2004.
There were 41 561 building permits granted for buildings in total (i.e. – 4 928 year-on-year) of which residential buildings accounted for 27 233 permits (– 2 597) and non-residential buildings for 14 328 (– 2 331).
The number of building permits granted for constructions for environmental protections was 17 302 which translates into a decrease of 119.
The number of building permits granted for other constructions amounted to 18 394, which is by 1 783 less than in the corresponding period of 2004.

Of the total 77 257 building permits, 39 010 was granted for new construction (50.5%) and 38 247 for renewals and enhancements (49.5%).

Territorially, rather high investment activities are expected in the Středočeský Region (18.9%), Jihomoravský Region (13.2%) and the capital city of Prague (8.6%), which is in contrast to the lowest construction activities expected in the Karlovarský Region (2.8%), the Liberecký Region (3.7%) and Pardubický Region (4.1%).

There were 27 233 building permits granted for residential buildings: 9 097 of them for new construction and 18 136 for renewals and enhancements. Most of them were granted in the Středočeský Region (17.5%), the Jihomoravský Region (12.4%) and the Moravskoslezský Region (8.8%). 4 316 building permits issued on the territory of the capital city of Prague make up 15.8%, of which 3.6% account for new construction. 66.6% 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 37 198 dwellings throughout the Czech Republic. New construction should provide 17 829 dwellings (47.9%; 17 597 and 232 dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings, respectively). Renewals and enhancements resulting in dwellings should be provide 4 884 dwellings (13.1%; 3 599 in residential buildings and 1 285 in non-residential buildings). Total 22 713 new dwellings. The other renewals and enhancements (i.e. those that do not produce new dwellings) should result in 14 485 reconstructed dwellings (38.9%).

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 183 206 million at current prices, which translates into an increase of CZK 16 637 million on the corresponding period of 2004.
A total of CZK 111 182 million (an increase of CZK 6 914 million year-on-year, i.e. + 6.6%) should be spent on construction of buildings, of which CZK 53 159 million on residential buildings (by CZK 1 437 million more) and CZK 58 023 million on non-residential ones (+ CZK 5 477 million).
A total of CZK 15 742 million should be invested in constructions for environmental protection - i.e. by CZK 2 042 million more than in the corresponding period of 2004.
The approximate value for the other constructions amounts to CZK 56 282 million - an increase of CZK 7 681 million on the corresponding period of 2004.