Statistics of building permits, Slovenia, October 2020

The total floor area of planned buildings larger than in September

The total floor area of all buildings planned in October 2020 was a little less than 183,000 m², which is 27% larger than in September 2020. The planned floor area of residential buildings was 41% larger and of non-residential buildings 16% larger than in the previous month. The floor area of residential buildings was larger because in October construction of 24 two- and more dwelling buildings with 184 dwellings was planned, while in September construction of 16 such buildings with 63 dwellings was planned.

98% of all building permits were issued for new constructions and 2% for conversions. In comparison with September 2020, the number of building permits for new constructions increased by 18% and the planned floor area by 26%. In comparison with October 2019, the number of building permits for new constructions increased by 18% and the planned floor area by 43%.

More dwellings planned than in September

With building permits issued in October 2020, construction of 414 dwellings was planned, which is 44% more dwellings planned than in September 2020. In one-dwelling buildings 229 dwellings were planned, in September 223, while in two- and more dwelling buildings 184 dwellings were planned, in September 63. One dwelling was planned in a non-residential building. The average size of dwellings in one-dwelling buildings will be 170 m² and in two- and more dwelling buildings 84 m².

By issuing building permits in October 2020, 44% more new dwellings were planned than in September 2020 and the planned floor area of the dwellings was 27% larger than in the previous month. In comparison with October 2019, the number of new dwellings increased by 40% and the planned floor area of the dwellings by 23%.

Almost half of all dwellings will be built in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region

In October 2020, most dwellings were planned in the Osrednjeslovenska statistical region (180 dwellings or 44% of all). Of these dwellings construction of 126  dwellings is planned in Ljubljana. Osrednjeslovenska is followed by Podravska with 65 dwellings (16% of all) and Savinjska with 63 dwellings (15% of all). In other statistical regions fewer dwellings were planned, the fewest in the Zasavska statistical region (2 dwellings).