Building Permits Granted

Commentary

Between the beginning of January and the end of March 2007 the planning and building control authorities granted a total of 26 020**) New Act No. 183/2006 Sb., on territorial planning and the building code (the Building Act), is in force from 1 January 2007. This Act, especially in Sections 103 and 104, regulates newly the problem of “granting building permits”. The new Act may have an impact on absolute values in the time series covering building permits and renewals and enhancements, particularly numbers of building permits and their approximate value for non-residential buildings, environmental and other constructions. ) building permits on the territory of the Czech Republic, which is 671 permits up on the corresponding period of 2006.
There were 15 127 building permits granted for buildings in total (i.e. + 1 458 year-on-year) of which residential buildings accounted for 10 573 permits (+ 1 678) and non-residential buildings for 4 554 ( 220).
The number of building permits granted for constructions for environmental protections was 4 408 which translates into a decrease of 660.
The number of building permits granted for other constructions amounted to 6 485, which is by 127 less than in the corresponding period of 2006.

Of the total 26 020 building permits, 14 002 was granted for new construction (53.8 %) and 12 018 for renewals and enhancements (46.2 %).

Territorially, rather high investment activities are expected in the Středočeský Region (18.2 %), Jihomoravský Region (13.5 %) and the capital city of Prague (9.4 %), which is in contrast to the lowest construction activities expected in the Karlovarský Region (2.8 %), the Liberecký Region (3.4 %) and Pardubický Region (3.8 %).

There were 10 573 building permits granted for residential buildings: 4 188 of them for new construction (39.6 %) and 6 385 for renewals and enhancements (60.4 %). Most of them were granted in the Středočeský Region (17.8 %), the Jihomoravský Region (13.3 %) and the Moravskoslezský Region (9.1 %). 1 640 building permits issued on the territory of the capital city of Prague make up 15.5 %, of which 3.0 % account for new construction.

The buildings, which were given a go-ahead for the start of construction from January till March 2007, are supposed to provide 15 573 dwellings throughout the Czech Republic. New construction should provide 7 615 dwellings (48.9 %; 7 539 and 76 dwellings in residential and non-residential buildings, respectively). Renewals and enhancements resulting in dwellings should be provide 1 550 dwellings (10.0 %; 1 156 in residential buildings and 394 in non-residential buildings). Total 9 165 new dwellings. The other renewals and enhancements (i.e. those that do not produce new dwellings) should result in 6 408 reconstructed dwellings (41.1 %).

The planning and building control authorities permitted the construction of buildings with floor space 1 804 809 m2 ( 1.6 %), of which 1 042 539 m2 was in residential buildings (+ 17.3 %) and 762 270 m2 in non-residential buildings ( 19.4 %). A floor space of 1 679 107 m2 was obtained in new constructions and 125 702 m2 by renewals and enhancements.

The approximate value of the constructions, for the commencement of which the planning and building control authorities granted building permits by the end of March, amounts to CZK 81 114 million at current prices, which translates into an increase of CZK 16 252 million on the corresponding period of 2006.
A total of CZK 53 257 million (an increase of CZK 13 102 million year-on-year, i.e. + 32.6 %) should be spent on construction of buildings, of which CZK 23 339 million on residential buildings (by CZK 1 905 million more) and CZK 29 918 million on non-residential ones (+ CZK 11 197 million).
A total of CZK 6 202 million should be invested in constructions for environmental protection - i.e. by CZK 562 million more than in the corresponding period of 2006.
The approximate value for the other constructions amounts to CZK 21 655 million - an increase of CZK 2 588 million on the corresponding period of 2006.