Building Permit Statistics, January-September, 2015
Building permits decreased area by 24.8%
In the first nine months of 2015, compared to the previous year, the number of buildings which were granted building permits by municipalities decreased by 20.6%, area by 24.8%, value by 19.9% and number of apartments by 23.6%.
In the January-September period of 2015, the buildings were granted building permits;
The total surface area of the buildings is 132.3 million m2; of this, 72.3 million m2 was residential, 34.4 million m2 was non-residential and 25.6 million m2 was common area.
According to the purpose of use, the highest share with 94.5 million m2 was occupied by residential buildings with two or more apartments. This was followed by office buildings with 12.0 million m2.
According to building ownership, the private sector had the largest share with 110.0 million m2. This was followed by the state sector with 20.2 million m2 and building cooperatives with 2.1 million m2. According to the number of apartments, a total of 629 thousand 544 flats 574 thousand 478'i private sector, 45 thousand 611'i state sector and 9 thousand 455'i were taken by building cooperatives.
According to provinces, Istanbul has the highest share with 28.2 million m2. Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 11.2 million m2 and Konya with 5.4 million m2. The provinces with the lowest surface area were Mus, Hakkari and Sirnak respectively.
According to the number of apartments, Istanbul has the highest share with 143 thousand 826 units. Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 45 thousand 96 and İzmir with 27 thousand 599. The provinces with the least number of apartments were Hakkari, Muş and Şırnak respectively.
Building permit, January - September 2015
The area of the buildings that have been granted a building permit has decreased by 11.5%
In the first nine months of 2015, the number of buildings with a building permit was decreased by 19.5%, area by 11.5%, value by 5.1% and number of apartments by 9.9% compared to the previous year.
In the January-September period of 2015, the buildings which have been granted permission to use buildings;
The total surface area of the buildings is 100.2 million m2; of this, 59.5 million m2 was residential, 24.2 million m2 was non-residential and 16.5 million m2 was common area.
74.1 million m2, according to the purpose of use, the highest share of residential buildings with two or more apartments were owned. This was followed by office buildings with 11.8 million m2.
According to the building ownership, the private sector had the largest share with 89.0 million m2. This was followed by the state sector with 8.5 million m2 and construction cooperatives with 2.7 million m2. According to the number of apartments, 481 thousand 112 of the total 516 thousand 701 flats were taken by the private sector, 23 thousand 336 by the state sector and 12 thousand 253 by the building cooperatives.
According to the provinces, Istanbul has the highest share with 18.0 million m2. Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 10.8 million m2 and İzmir with 5.9 million m2. The provinces with the lowest surface area were Ardahan, Hakkari and Tunceli respectively.
According to the number of apartments, Istanbul has the highest share with 107 thousand 279 units. Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 47 thousand 412 units and İzmir with 34 thousand 709 units. The provinces with the least number of apartments were Ardahan, Muş and Hakkari respectively.
Building use permit, January - September 2015
The publication date of the next press release related to this subject is 23 February 2016.