Statistical Release
Construction - Building permits
15.04.2022
Preliminary results Periodicity: monthly Next publication date: 16.05.2022

Issued building permits, February 2022

In February 2022, 1 995 building permits were issued, presenting the increase of 31.6% related to February 2021.

In February 2022, 1 995 building permits were issued, presenting the increase of 31.6% related to February 2021. Out of the total number of permits issued in February 2022, 78.5% related to buildings and 21.5% to civil engineering. When referring only to buildings, 72.8% related to residential buildings and 27.2% to non–residential ones, while regarding civil engineering, the largest number related to pipelines, communication and electric power lines (64.3%).  

According to the permits issued in February 2022 in the Republic of Serbia, building of 3 434 dwellings with average area of 68.9 m2 was recorded. Out of the total number of dwellings in new residential buildings, 8.4% of dwellings will be built in single-dwelling buildings, with average area of 144.2 m², and 90.4% of dwellings will be in buildings with three and more dwellings, with significantly smaller average area of 60.6 m².

Anticipated value of new construction works in February 2022 amounted to 73.1% of totally anticipated value of works. Observed by areas, the greatest construction activity is expected in Beogradska oblast (35.3%) of totally anticipated value of works, followed by Raška oblast (17.4%), Mačvanska oblast (9.5%), Sremska oblast (7.8%), and Južnobačka oblast (6.8%), while the shares of other areas are from 0.1% up to 3.6%.


Indices of issued building permits in the Republic of Serbia

  I-II 2022
I-II 2021
II 2022
I 2022
II 2022
II 2021
II 2022
Ø 2021
Total
   Number123.4117.2131.679.3
   Anticipated value of works119.8151.7161.695.5
Buildings
   Number125.0116.7132.475.2
   Anticipated value of works145.2193.0165.7130.2
   Area113.8211.4134.2114.1
Civil engineering works
   Number117.8119.2128.899.3
   Anticipated value of works86.592.1150.353.0
Dwellings
   Number114.6222.0129.5117.6
   Useful area109.7203.1122.4110.3

Notes:

The data on issued building permits are overtaken from the Central Register of Integrated Procedures, which has been, according to the Law on planning and construction (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia“, number 132/14, article 8) administered by the Serbian Business Registers Agency (SBRA).

In the scope of this survey, the concept of „building permit” comprises the building permit for construction and the decision which approves the execution of works following the article 145 of the Law on planning and construction. The issued building permits and approvals for works executions, based on harmonized request, included are only if the construction is approved for the first time. This statistical survey comprises the issued building permits for all types of constructions described in the Classification of Types of Constructions, i.e. buildings and other civil engineering works and these are presented by territories where the planned works are performed in the country.

Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).

Detailed methodological notes of this survey can be found on the website of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia:

https://www.stat.gov.rs/istrazivanja/methodology-and-documents/?a=05&s=0