532 building permits issued in July

Planning and Statistics Authority

 

Data from the Planning and Statistics Authority showed that building permits issued by municipalities in the State of Qatar during the month of July reached 532, a decrease of 28 percent from the previous month of June, which recorded 734 permits.

Data showed a decrease in the number of licenses in most municipalities, with the largest decrease recorded in Al Shamal municipality, which recorded a decline of about 54 percent, then Al Da’ayen 42 percent, Al-Wakrah 39, Al-Rayyan 37 percent, Umm Salal 24 percent, Al Khor 23 percent, while Al Doha municipality recorded an increase of 14 percent and Al Sheehaniya municipality did not witness any significant change last July.  

According to geographical distribution, the municipality of Al Doha comes at the top of the municipalities where the number of building permits issued were 145 permits, i.e. 27 percent of the total issued permits, while municipality of Al Rayyan came in second place with 138 permits, i.e. 26 percent, followed by Al Da’ayen municipality of with 88 permits, i.e.17 percent, then municipality of Al Wakrah with 80 permits, i.e.15 percent. The rest of the municipalities were as follows: Umm Salal 35 permits (7 percent), Al Khor 24 permits (5 percent), Al Sheehaniya 16 permits (3 percent), and finally Al Shamal 6 permits (1 percent).

In terms of type of permits issued, data indicates that the new building permits (residential and non-residential) constitutes 45 percent (238 permits) of the total building permits issued during the month of July 2021, while the percentage of additions permits constituted 52 percent (274 permits), and finally fencing permits with 4 percent (20 permits).

As for new residential buildings permits data, villas top the list, accounting for 73 percent (154 permits) of all new residential buildings permits.