Building Permits: March 2025
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Reduction of 1,9% in the number of Building Permits issued
The Statistical Service of Cyprus announces that the number of building permits authorised during March 2025 stood at 572 compared to 583 in March 2024, registering a decrease of 1,9%. The total value of these permits reached €361,5 mn and the total area 296,9 thousand square metres. These building permits provide for the construction of 1.480 dwelling units.
During the period January- March 2025, 1.580 building permits were issued compared to 1.876 in the corresponding period of the previous year, recording a decrease of 15,8%. The total value of these permits increased by 21,7%, and the total area by 15,6%. The number of dwelling units recorded an increase of 16,7%.
It is noted that as from the 1 July 2024, the authority of issuing building permits was transferred from the municipalities and the district administration offices to the newly founded Local Government Organisations (LGOs) and the licensing process is performed through the new integrated information system “Ippodamos”.
Table 1 | ||||
| Type of Project | Number of Permits | Percentage Change (%) | ||
| Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2024 | Jan-Mar 2025/2024 | |
| Residential Buildings | 438 | 1.161 | 1.247 | -6,9 |
| Non-residential Buildings | 64 | 191 | 310 | -38,4 |
| Civil Engineering Projects | 27 | 96 | 113 | -15,0 |
| Division of Plots | 36 | 118 | 146 | -19,2 |
| Road Construction | 7 | 14 | 60 | -76,7 |
| Total | 572 | 1.580 | 1.876 | -15,8 |
| Table 2 | ||||
| Type of Project | Area (m²) | Percentage Change (%) | ||
| Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2024 | Jan-Mar 2025/2024 | |
| Residential Buildings | 260.127 | 582.057 | 478.688 | 21,6 |
| Non-residential Buildings | 36.309 | 140.583 | 145.919 | -3,7 |
| Civil Engineering Projects | 475 | 1.376 | 1.835 | -25,0 |
| Total | 296.911 | 724.016 | 626.442 | 15,6 |
| Table 3 | ||||
| Type of Project | Value (€000’s) | Percentage Change (%) | ||
| Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2024 | Jan-Mar 2025/2024 | |
| Residential Buildings | 312.229 | 675.972 | 576.402 | 17,3 |
| Non-residential Buildings | 39.553 | 166.508 | 117.565 | 41,6 |
| Civil Engineering Projects | 6.486 | 37.847 | 18.437 | 105,3 |
| Division of Plots | 2.520 | 7.059 | 12.925 | -45,4 |
| Road Construction | 750 | 1.257 | 4.917 | -74,4 |
| Total | 361.538 | 888.643 | 730.246 | 21,7 |
| Table 4 | ||||
| Residential Buildings | Number of Dwelling Units | Percentage Change (%) | ||
| Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2025 | Jan-Mar 2024 | Jan-Mar 2025/2024 | |
| Single houses | 282 | 717 | 709 | 1,1 |
| Buildings with two housing units | 69 | 282 | 223 | 26,5 |
| Residential apartment blocks | 1.063 | 2.255 | 1.831 | 23,2 |
| Residential/commercial apartment blocks | 66 | 158 | 161 | -1,9 |
| Total | 1.480 | 3.412 | 2.924 | 16,7 |
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, permit renewals and permits for the division of buildings are not included.
Data Collection
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 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. In the first months of the reform, 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 remains 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 achieve the smooth recording by the LGOs of the necessary data in the “Ippodamos” system and the seamless production of statistics.
For more information, visit CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Construction, CYSTAT-DB (Online Database), Predefined Tables (Excel), or contact Mr Achilleas Moustakas at 22602156 or via email: amoustakas@cystat.mof.gov.cy.
The Predefined Tables, available in Excel format, include data up to December 2022. Data from January 2023 onwards are available only in the CYSTAT-DB Online Database.
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