Statistics of building permits, August 2024

Fewer building permits issued

Compared to July, 7% fewer building permits were issued: for residential buildings 9% fewer and for non-residential buildings 6% fewer. On the other hand, 11% more dwellings were planned. 

  • 20 September 2024 at 10:30
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  • provisional data
Floor area of non-residential buildings smaller by over a half

The total floor area of all planned buildings was almost 156,000 m2, which is 23% less than in July. The total floor area of planned residential buildings increased by 44%, mostly because of planned construction of three- and more residential buildings, while the total floor area of non-residential buildings decreased by more than a half (52%). The floor area of non-residential buildings decreased in almost all types of non-residential buildings, the most in buildings for public entertainment, education or hospital and institutional care (by 62%) and in industrial buildings and warehouses (by 60%). The floor area of these buildings was smaller, because in July larger educational buildings and warehouses were planned. 

More dwellings planned in two- and more dwelling buildings

By issuing building permits, in August construction of 348 dwellings was planned, which is 11% more than in the previous month. In one-dwelling buildings 6% fewer dwellings were planned and in two- and more dwelling buildings a third more. One dwelling was planned in a non-residential building.

More than half of dwellings to be built in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region

In August, most dwellings were planned in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region: 184 or 53% of all. Of these, 147 dwellings were planned in two- and more dwelling buildings and 37 in one-dwelling buildings. Osrednjeslovenska was followed by Podravska with 34 dwellings (10% of all) and Gorenjska with 26 dwellings (8%). In other statistical regions fewer dwellings were planned, the fewest in Obalno-kraška, five.

Tables with the latest data are available in the SiStat Database.

Floor area of buildings, Slovenia1)
Floor area of buildings, Slovenia<sup>1)</sup>
1) Data for 2024 are provisional.
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, August 2024
Planned dwellings by statistical regions, Slovenia, August 2024
1) Including Jugovzhodna Slovenija, Koroška, Obalno-kraška, Pomurska, Posavska, Primorsko-notranjska and Zasavska statistical regions.
Building permits for buildings and planned dwellings, Slovenia, August 2024
BuildingsPlanned dwellings
numberm2numberm2
Total492155,73534842,100
  residental buildings18386,29934741,983
  non-residental buildings30969,4361117
METHODOLOGICAL NOTE
Final data for 2024 will be published on 18 April 2025.

Building permits issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning are not covered.

Additional explanations are available in the methodological explanations.
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