📋 Tender Overview
The Statistical Service announces that the number of building permits authorised during September 2024 stood at 423 compared to 612 in September 2023. The total value of these permits reached EUR160,5 million and the total area 129,1 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 706 dwelling units. During the period January-September 2024, 5.485 building permits were issued compared to 5.274 in the corresponding period of the previous year, recording an increase of 4,0%. The total value of these permits increased by 8,9% and the total area by 10,6%. The number of dwelling units recorded an increase of 10,0%. The noteworthy decrease in the number of building permits issued in September 2024 is to a large extent the result of the transfer as from the 1st July 2024 of the authority of issuing building permits from the municipalities and the district administration offices to the newly founded Local Government Organisations (LGOs) and the problems encountered in the operation of the new integrated information system Ippodamos. Table 1 Type of Project Number of Permits Percentage Change (%) Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2023 Jan-Sep2024/2023 Residential Buildings 317 3.686 3.610 2,1 Non-residential Buildings 39 915 765 19,6 Civil Engineering Projects 19 323 308 4,9 Division of Plots 45 398 425 -6,4 Road Construction 3 163 166 -1,8 Total 423 5.485 5.274 4,0 Table 2 Type of Project Area (m2) Percentage Change (%) Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2023 Jan-Sep2024/2023 Residential Buildings 124.151 1.467.263 1.416.396 3,6 Non-residential Buildings 4.832 376.793 249.986 50,7 Civil Engineering Projects 150 7.052 6.644 6,1 Total 129.133 1.851.108 1.673.026 10,6 Table 3 Type of Project Value (EUR000s) Percentage Change (%) Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2023 Jan-Sep2024/2023 Residential Buildings 149.089 1.741.466 1.723.176 1,1 Non-residential Buildings 6.245 414.708 278.494 48,9 Civil Engineering Projects 1.286 136.553 92.792 47,2 Division of Plots 3.547 30.619 37.654 -18,7 Road Construction 374 12.255 13.383 -8,4 Total 160.541 2.335.601 2.145.499 8,9 Table 4 Residential Buildings Number of Dwelling Units Percentage Change (%) Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2024 Jan-Sep 2023 Jan-Sep2024/2023 Single houses 221 2.089 2.095 -0,3 Buildings with two housing units 28 651 659 -1,2 Residential apartment blocks 425 5.509 4.971 10,8 Residential/commercial apartment blocks 32 552 274 101,5 Total 706 8.801 7.999 10,0 Methodological Information Scope and Coverage The purpose is the collection of basic data concerning residential and non-residential buildings as well as other construction activities, such as civil engineering projects, division of plots and road construction by district (both urban and rural areas). For each type of project, information is compiled on the number of permits authorised, the area and the value of the project, and the number of dwelling units that are expected to be built. For the categorisation of the various construction projects, the European Union (EU) Classification of Types of Construction (CC) is being used. Data cover all building permits authorised, including those for demolitions and permits being re-issued. However, permits renewals and permits for the division of buildings are not included. Data Collection The Statistical Service traditionally received on a monthly basis from all the local administration authorities, namely the municipalities, the district administration offices of the Ministry of Interior and the Agios Tychonas Community Board, copies of all the building permits they issued. The information contained in these forms was appropriately coded by the Statistical Service in order to produce the statistics. As part of the administrative reform, the authority of issuing building permits was transferred as from the 1st July 2024 from the local administration authorities to the newly founded Local Government Organisations (LGOs). At the same time, the integrated information system Ippodamos was put into operation and all applications are now processed by the LGOs electronically, including a large volume of older applications that were apparently submitted in printed form before the 1st July 2024. The operation of Ippodamos was accompanied by a series of technical and procedural weaknesses and delays that had a serious impact on the production of statistics in a timely, accurate and reliable manner. The Statistical Service is in touch with the Ministry of the Interior and the LGOs, as well as with the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy, in order to find ways to improve the recording by the LGOs of the necessary data in the Ippodamos system, so as to continue the uninterrupted production of statistics. For more information, visit CYSTAT Portal, subtheme , (Online Database), (Excel) or contact Mr Achilleas Moustakas at 22602156 or via email . The , available in Excel format, include data up to December 2022. Data from January 2023 onwards are available only in the CYSTAT-DB Online Database. (GS/NZ)
