Number of building permits issued in first 11 months of 2021 increase 25%

The number of building permits issued in the first 11 months of last year increased by 25% compared to the same period in 2020, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS), Agerpres reports.

During the mentioned period, 47,276 permits were issued.

Increases were registered in all development regions: Bucharest-Ilfov (+1,963 permits), South-Muntenia (+1,729), West (+1,188), North-East (+1,116), Center (+1,112), North- West (+1,056), South-West Oltenia (+702) and South-East (+629).

Also, in November 2021, 3,902 building permits were issued for residential buildings, with a total usable area of 941,739 square meters.

Of the total building permits for residential buildings, 72.0% are for rural areas.

The number of authorizations issued in November is down 8.4% compared to October 2021 and 23.8% up compared to November 2020.