Building permits, area and volume increased in February, according to the Construction Activity Survey of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
In particular, the size of the Total Construction Activity (Private – Public), during the month of February 2022, in the whole country based on the issued building permits, amounted to 1,822 building permits, corresponding to 425,089 m2, 1,886.5 m2 of area In other words, it showed an increase of 13.7% in the number of building permits, an increase of 16.8% in the area and an increase of 29.2% in the volume, compared to the corresponding month of 2021.
The issued permits for Private Construction Activity, in the whole country, during the month of February 2022 amounted to 1,808 building permits, corresponding to 411,779 m2 area and 1,834,348 m3 volume, showing an increase of 14.7% in the number of building permits. by 18.4% on the surface and an increase of 32.3% in volume, compared to the corresponding month of 2021.
The issued Public Building Activity permits during the month of February 2022, in the whole Country, amounted to 14 building permits, corresponding to 13,310 m2 of surface and 52,212 m3 of volume. The percentage of participation of the Public Building Activity in the total building volume, for the month of February 2022, is 2.8%.
During the period of the last twelve months, ie from March 2021 to February 2022, the size of the Total Construction Activity (Private-Public) based on the issued building permits, in the whole Country, amounted to 24,253 building permits, corresponding to 6,180,535 m2 of surface and 26,305,402 m3 of volume. Compared to the corresponding period March 2020 – February 2021, there was an increase of 27.7% in the number of building permits, an increase of 47.3% in the area and an increase of 46.6% in the volume.
During the same period, March 2021 – February 2022, the Private Construction Activity shows in the whole Country, an increase of 28.1% in the number of issued building permits, an increase of 48.4% in the area and an increase of 47.5 % in volume, compared to the corresponding period March 2020 – February 2021. The percentage of participation of the Public Building Activity in the total building volume, for the above period, is 2.0%.
In the two months of January – February 2022, the Total Construction Activity shows, in the whole Country, an increase of 9.2% in the number of building permits, an increase of 19.7% in the area and an increase of 26.4% in the volume, in relation to with the corresponding two months of the year 2021.
During the same period January – February 2022, Private Activity, in the whole country, shows an increase of 9.6% in the number of building permits, an increase of 21.0% in the area and an increase of 28.5% in the volume, in in relation to the period January – February 2021.
Source: Capital

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