Building permits

The building permits indicators measure the quarterly evolution in the number of dwellings used for residential purposes, square metres of residential useful floor area and square metres of non-residential area using the Classification of types of Construction (CC).

During the second half of 2015, the residential construction units decreased compared with the same period of the previous year (-14.5% in the number of dwellings and -12.3% in useful floor area). Instead non-residential buildings increased by 21.7% compared with the same period of 2014.

The number of dwellings in new buildings decreased by 10.4% in the third quarter and by 18.3% in the fourth quarter with respect to third and fourth quarter 2014.

The useful floor area declined as well: by 8.2% in the third quarter and by 16.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the same periods of 2014.

Non-residential area increased by 20.5% in the third quarter of 2015 and by 22.8% in the fourth quarter with respect to third and fourth quarter 2014.