Increase in building permits

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Seasonally-adjusted figures for building start permits show a 9 per cent increase in dwelling permits from February to March, according to the statistics Building statistics.

Figures vary considerably from month to month. The long-term trend shows good growth in the number of building permits since October 2014, and has levelled out at a record high level in the last three months.

Figure 1. Registered building permissions. Number of dwellings, seasonally adjusted and trend

Number of dwellings, seasonally adjustet Number of dwellings, trend
Jan. 2000 1785 1788
1914 1815
2023 1839
1437 1861
1852 1887
1729 1918
2024 1953
1909 1992
2152 2032
2090 2073
2070 2109
2325 2138
Jan. 2001 2104 2158
2063 2167
2214 2164
2097 2150
2233 2130
2044 2104
2836 2076
2041 2048
2025 2021
1876 1993
2043 1965
1832 1938
Jan. 2002 1819 1913
2184 1890
1721 1871
2005 1857
1855 1848
1730 1846
1591 1849
1924 1852
2090 1854
1655 1854
1992 1850
1791 1844
Jan. 2003 2225 1836
1444 1829
2092 1819
1427 1811
1628 1806
1893 1808
2010 1819
1907 1841
1859 1876
2093 1929
1679 2000
2085 2087
Jan. 2004 1845 2186
2515 2290
1485 2392
2517 2485
2562 2563
3059 2617
2738 2643
2711 2645
2172 2630
2897 2608
2449 2587
2336 2572
Jan. 2005 2697 2561
2688 2558
2072 2564
3148 2578
3136 2597
1582 2618
2683 2636
2442 2651
2402 2662
2520 2668
2970 2664
3430 2654
Jan. 2006 2438 2636
2360 2609
4113 2580
2571 2551
2320 2525
2652 2510
2459 2513
2446 2537
2477 2580
2810 2633
2400 2686
4039 2729
Jan. 2007 3011 2760
2764 2781
2711 2789
3116 2783
2725 2765
2511 2734
2428 2689
2703 2635
2718 2575
2596 2510
2758 2448
2283 2392
Jan. 2008 2148 2343
2216 2304
2220 2277
1815 2259
2390 2248
2476 2240
1757 2231
2369 2213
2427 2180
1885 2130
2237 2063
1904 1986
Jan. 2009 1889 1908
1780 1834
1781 1768
1227 1716
1843 1680
1518 1658
1136 1649
1665 1651
1710 1657
1748 1664
1560 1670
1597 1671
Jan. 2010 1829 1667
1957 1659
1491 1648
1737 1639
1444 1638
1586 1652
1844 1691
1650 1756
1722 1846
1822 1954
2156 2070
1939 2181
Jan. 2011 2440 2275
2414 2341
2774 2375
2639 2378
2351 2352
1960 2305
2314 2244
2078 2180
1900 2128
2667 2097
2055 2097
2217 2131
Jan. 2012 2060 2195
2083 2279
2498 2372
2117 2464
2691 2548
2873 2617
2829 2665
2753 2687
2948 2681
2294 2649
2423 2594
2648 2527
Jan. 2013 2582 2457
3391 2397
2092 2354
2410 2333
2204 2335
2320 2352
2115 2380
2561 2411
2546 2441
2512 2468
2587 2489
2931 2499
Jan. 2014 1692 2496
2316 2483
2367 2461
1632 2432
3457 2399
2494 2366
2965 2339
2162 2322
1610 2315
2304 2318
2280 2330
2111 2350
Jan. 2015 2402 2377
2249 2412
2854 2450
2661 2487
2487 2520
2380 2545
2569 2560
2470 2570
2507 2582
3113 2600
2550 2631
2553 2677
Jan. 2016 2487 2735
3047 2799
2585 2866
2949 2931
3103 2993
3360 3051
2966 3103
3328 3146
3053 3178
2830 3197
3257 3205
3583 3206
Jan. 2017 3107 3203
3148 3199
3432 3195
 

Increase in industry sector

Seasonally-adjusted figures show a 14 per cent decrease in building start permits for “other than dwellings” from February to March. The long-term trend shows an increase in utility floor space since April 2015, with a decrease in the last seven months.

Figure 2. Registered building permissions. Non-residential utility floor space, seasonally adjusted and trend

Non-residential utility floor space, seasonally adjusted Non-residential utility floor space, trend
Jan. 2000 345691 334037
350508 330289
366457 327289
212213 324683
317598 322365
281691 321429
333257 322819
316815 325794
281955 329233
349357 332954
373086 335971
355291 337783
Jan. 2001 361491 337881
352130 335901
315267 331537
294576 325178
276928 317812
508968 310635
356465 304871
280367 301465
331468 300578
281243 301743
277830 304339
269283 307725
Jan. 2002 292988 311331
363325 314543
341047 317065
346864 318465
308659 318268
305249 315715
256974 310276
357447 302471
322206 293207
247789 283393
286896 274059
269815 266172
Jan. 2003 340695 260481
229175 257413
257565 257102
217230 259743
281177 264677
286838 270986
244694 277517
300049 283254
293451 287764
360237 291566
429951 295133
293621 299013
Jan. 2004 272879 303808
284028 309824
262415 317296
432718 326082
352815 335088
370925 342983
389227 349461
336540 354101
206029 356663
382908 357624
322850 357729
360267 358316
Jan. 2005 373099 359805
331445 362914
300591 367449
447274 372714
430316 378163
331002 383616
419702 388736
389646 393529
377859 397950
397148 401293
358987 403249
481123 403950
Jan. 2006 343652 403321
443921 401628
453892 399320
368707 396704
376088 394366
466871 393697
349860 395453
369109 399138
445365 404761
407003 412141
408197 420875
445878 429896
Jan. 2007 460905 438464
465722 446645
468211 454404
426744 462037
418945 470152
466912 478854
555180 488458
492995 498823
484729 508355
478808 515946
597399 521302
520612 523962
Jan. 2008 532079 524064
481731 522316
568019 519604
512643 517231
522243 516562
437494 517437
465389 518855
617934 519728
517384 519258
493495 516027
552376 508732
495620 496482
Jan. 2009 497235 479587
519178 458657
429759 436276
321559 415261
416633 398258
392560 387685
247008 384317
345112 387665
385389 397357
381741 412847
435960 431636
553078 450370
Jan. 2010 580464 467144
390922 480027
358005 487936
609724 490911
431023 489761
589659 485454
523537 479993
383447 474843
386606 470524
490420 466805
553888 463187
361506 459211
Jan. 2011 481994 454775
494692 450333
577244 446530
422738 443105
436155 440186
364835 438510
412230 438103
455301 439679
462201 443199
477253 447775
445692 452569
462284 457552
Jan. 2012 455849 462735
483699 467041
304882 469724
457081 469921
429705 466915
477602 460490
474825 451310
502394 440639
726591 429993
433459 420613
371620 413889
354054 411028
Jan. 2013 336668 412043
372677 416540
454871 423380
520324 431247
493324 438833
474109 444796
386302 448344
427556 450077
499690 450787
423076 451844
393286 454242
476512 458590
Jan. 2014 287967 464829
497915 471861
550531 477916
265516 481650
533425 482131
493783 479269
397193 473439
481764 465072
437898 454797
476257 443961
452858 434296
399332 426620
Jan. 2015 432975 420895
424720 417172
330904 415253
562629 415183
419636 416847
328108 420148
474274 424982
432100 430808
418867 437237
413130 444443
441386 452376
493665 461144
Jan. 2016 480076 470272
465355 479143
348622 487406
500019 494311
478295 499278
539675 502245
570899 503372
472611 502873
474167 501267
481876 498830
466940 495799
529570 492375
Jan. 2017 489070 489126
478342 486912
543970 486257

Over 20 per cent growth last 12 months

A total of 38 100 new dwellings have been given building start permits in the last 12 months. This is an increase of 21 per cent compared with the previous 12-month period. 

Building start permits have been given for 6 million square metres of utility floor space for the category “other than dwellings” in the last 12 months. This is 15 per cent more than the previous 12-month period.

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