In December 2023, the number of 2 510 building permits was issued, presenting the decrease of 2.0% when compared to December 2022. Out of the total number of permits issued in December 2023, 83.9% related to buildings, and 16.1% to civil engineering constructions. When only buildings are concerned, 82.2% of permits related to residential buildings, and 17.8% to non–residential ones, while regarding civil engineering constructions the largest number related to pipelines, communication and electric power lines (66.8%).
According to the permits issued in December 2023 in the Republic of Serbia, the construction of 4 274 dwellings with average useful floor space of 71.6 m2 was recorded. Out of the total number of dwellings in new residential buildings, 5.5% of dwellings will be built in single-dwelling buildings, with average useful floor space of 150.9 m², and 93.8% of dwellings will be in buildings with three and more dwellings, with significantly smaller average useful floor space of 65.8 m².
The anticipated value of new construction works in December 2023 amounted to 86.7% of the totally anticipated value of works. Observed by areas, the greatest construction activity is expected in Beogradska oblast, 47.8% of the anticipated value of new construction works, followed by Sremska oblast 11.5%, Južnobačka oblast, 8.6%, Nišavska oblast, 6.2% and Zlatiborska oblast, 4.2%, while the shares of other areas were from 0.1% up to 3.3%.
Indices of issued building permits in the Republic of Serbia
| I-XII 2023 I-XII 2022 |
XII 2023 XI 2023 |
XII 2023 XII 2022 |
XII 2023 Ø 2022 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ||||
| Number | 106.4 | 74.8 | 98.0 | 102.6 |
| Anticipated value of works | 109.5 | 93.1 | 116.1 | 114.3 |
| Buildings | ||||
| Number | 109.0 | 74.5 | 103.0 | 106.9 |
| Anticipated value of works | 119.1 | 123.6 | 144.1 | 152.8 |
| Area | 103.6 | 105.7 | 114.2 | 124.8 |
| Civil engineering works | ||||
| Number | 95.6 | 76.4 | 78.3 | 85.1 |
| Anticipated value of works | 95.4 | 47.4 | 66.0 | 57.7 |
| Dwellings | ||||
| Number | 98.6 | 113.0 | 115.9 | 127.2 |
| Useful area | 99.3 | 108.7 | 119.9 | 126.3 |
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