Fewer building permits

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Seasonally-adjusted figures for building start permits show a 12 per cent decrease in dwelling permits from March to April. Industrial buildings decreased by 25 per cent.

Figures vary considerably from month to month. The long-term trend shows good growth in the number of building permits since October 2014, with a flattening in the last five months.

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Decrease in industry sector

Seasonally-adjusted figures show a 25 per cent decrease in building start permits for “other than dwellings” from March to April. The long-term trend shows an increase in utility floor space since April 2015, with a decrease in the last nine 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
Feb. 2000 1914 1815
Mar. 2000 2023 1839
April 2000 1437 1861
May 2000 1852 1887
June 2000 1729 1918
July 2000 2024 1953
Aug. 2000 1909 1992
Sept. 2000 2152 2032
Oct. 2000 2090 2073
Nov. 2000 2070 2109
Dec. 2000 2325 2138
Jan. 2001 2104 2158
Feb. 2001 2063 2167
Mar. 2001 2214 2164
April 2001 2097 2150
May 2001 2233 2130
June 2001 2044 2104
July 2001 2836 2076
Aug. 2001 2041 2048
Sept. 2001 2025 2021
Oct. 2001 1876 1993
Nov. 2001 2043 1965
Dec. 2001 1832 1938
Jan. 2002 1819 1913
Feb. 2002 2184 1890
Mar. 2002 1721 1871
April 2002 2005 1857
May 2002 1855 1848
June 2002 1730 1846
July 2002 1591 1849
Aug. 2002 1924 1852
Sept. 2002 2090 1854
Oct. 2002 1655 1854
Nov. 2002 1992 1850
Dec. 2002 1791 1844
Jan. 2003 2225 1836
Feb. 2003 1444 1829
Mar. 2003 2092 1819
April 2003 1427 1811
May 2003 1628 1806
June 2003 1893 1808
July 2003 2010 1819
Aug. 2003 1907 1841
Sept. 2003 1859 1876
Oct. 2003 2093 1929
Nov. 2003 1679 2000
Dec. 2003 2085 2087
Jan. 2004 1845 2186
Feb. 2004 2515 2290
Mar. 2004 1485 2392
April 2004 2517 2485
May 2004 2562 2563
June 2004 3059 2617
July 2004 2738 2643
Aug. 2004 2711 2645
Sept. 2004 2172 2630
Oct. 2004 2897 2608
Nov. 2004 2449 2587
Dec. 2004 2336 2572
Jan. 2005 2697 2561
Feb. 2005 2688 2558
Mar. 2005 2072 2564
April 2005 3148 2578
May 2005 3136 2597
June 2005 1582 2618
July 2005 2683 2636
Aug. 2005 2442 2651
Sept. 2005 2402 2662
Oct. 2005 2520 2668
Nov. 2005 2970 2664
Dec. 2005 3430 2654
Jan. 2006 2438 2636
Feb. 2006 2360 2609
Mar. 2006 4113 2580
April 2006 2571 2551
May 2006 2320 2525
June 2006 2652 2510
July 2006 2459 2513
Aug. 2006 2446 2537
Sept. 2006 2477 2580
Oct. 2006 2810 2633
Nov. 2006 2400 2686
Dec. 2006 4039 2729
Jan. 2007 3011 2760
Feb. 2007 2764 2781
Mar. 2007 2711 2789
April 2007 3116 2783
May 2007 2725 2765
June 2007 2511 2734
July 2007 2428 2689
Aug. 2007 2703 2635
Sept. 2007 2718 2575
Oct. 2007 2596 2511
Nov. 2007 2758 2448
Dec. 2007 2283 2392
Jan. 2008 2148 2343
Feb. 2008 2216 2304
Mar. 2008 2220 2277
April 2008 1815 2259
May 2008 2390 2248
June 2008 2476 2240
July 2008 1757 2231
Aug. 2008 2369 2213
Sept. 2008 2427 2180
Oct. 2008 1885 2130
Nov. 2008 2237 2063
Dec. 2008 1904 1986
Jan. 2009 1889 1908
Feb. 2009 1780 1834
Mar. 2009 1781 1768
April 2009 1227 1716
May 2009 1843 1680
June 2009 1518 1658
July 2009 1136 1649
Aug. 2009 1665 1651
Sept. 2009 1710 1657
Oct. 2009 1748 1664
Nov. 2009 1560 1670
Dec. 2009 1597 1671
Jan. 2010 1829 1667
Feb. 2010 1957 1659
Mar. 2010 1491 1648
April 2010 1737 1639
May 2010 1444 1638
June 2010 1586 1652
July 2010 1844 1691
Aug. 2010 1650 1756
Sept. 2010 1723 1845
Oct. 2010 1822 1954
Nov. 2010 2156 2070
Dec. 2010 1939 2181
Jan. 2011 2440 2275
Feb. 2011 2414 2341
Mar. 2011 2774 2375
April 2011 2639 2378
May 2011 2351 2352
June 2011 1960 2305
July 2011 2314 2244
Aug. 2011 2078 2180
Sept. 2011 1900 2128
Oct. 2011 2667 2097
Nov. 2011 2055 2097
Dec. 2011 2216 2131
Jan. 2012 2060 2195
Feb. 2012 2083 2279
Mar. 2012 2498 2372
April 2012 2117 2464
May 2012 2691 2548
June 2012 2873 2617
July 2012 2829 2665
Aug. 2012 2752 2686
Sept. 2012 2948 2681
Oct. 2012 2295 2648
Nov. 2012 2423 2594
Dec. 2012 2646 2527
Jan. 2013 2582 2457
Feb. 2013 3391 2397
Mar. 2013 2092 2354
April 2013 2411 2333
May 2013 2204 2335
June 2013 2320 2353
July 2013 2115 2380
Aug. 2013 2561 2411
Sept. 2013 2547 2442
Oct. 2013 2513 2469
Nov. 2013 2587 2489
Dec. 2013 2929 2499
Jan. 2014 1691 2497
Feb. 2014 2315 2483
Mar. 2014 2366 2461
April 2014 1635 2432
May 2014 3457 2399
June 2014 2495 2366
July 2014 2966 2339
Aug. 2014 2162 2321
Sept. 2014 1610 2314
Oct. 2014 2306 2317
Nov. 2014 2279 2329
Dec. 2014 2108 2349
Jan. 2015 2398 2377
Feb. 2015 2244 2412
Mar. 2015 2846 2451
April 2015 2684 2489
May 2015 2487 2521
June 2015 2380 2545
July 2015 2569 2560
Aug. 2015 2470 2569
Sept. 2015 2508 2580
Oct. 2015 3114 2597
Nov. 2015 2547 2628
Dec. 2015 2547 2674
Jan. 2016 2479 2733
Feb. 2016 3034 2799
Mar. 2016 2571 2868
April 2016 3000 2934
May 2016 3102 2997
June 2016 3360 3055
July 2016 2967 3107
Aug. 2016 3329 3148
Sept. 2016 3053 3177
Oct. 2016 2830 3193
Nov. 2016 3250 3198
Dec. 2016 3569 3195
Jan. 2017 3090 3189
Feb. 2017 3126 3182
Mar. 2017 3403 3176
April 2017 2982 3177

20 per cent growth in last 12 months

A total of 38 000 new dwellings have been given building start permits in the last 12 months. This is an increase of 20 per cent compared with the previous 12-month period.

Building start permits have been given for 5.9 million square metres of utility floor space for the category “other than dwellings” in the last 12 months. This is 14 per cent more than the previous 12-month period.

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
Feb. 2000 350508 330290
Mar. 2000 366457 327289
April 2000 212214 324683
May 2000 317598 322365
June 2000 281691 321429
July 2000 333257 322819
Aug. 2000 316815 325794
Sept. 2000 281955 329233
Oct. 2000 349357 332954
Nov. 2000 373085 335971
Dec. 2000 355291 337783
Jan. 2001 361490 337881
Feb. 2001 352130 335901
Mar. 2001 315267 331537
April 2001 294577 325178
May 2001 276928 317812
June 2001 508970 310635
July 2001 356465 304871
Aug. 2001 280367 301465
Sept. 2001 331467 300578
Oct. 2001 281243 301743
Nov. 2001 277830 304339
Dec. 2001 269282 307725
Jan. 2002 292987 311331
Feb. 2002 363324 314543
Mar. 2002 341046 317065
April 2002 346866 318465
May 2002 308658 318268
June 2002 305251 315715
July 2002 256974 310276
Aug. 2002 357447 302471
Sept. 2002 322205 293207
Oct. 2002 247789 283393
Nov. 2002 286896 274059
Dec. 2002 269814 266172
Jan. 2003 340694 260482
Feb. 2003 229174 257413
Mar. 2003 257564 257103
April 2003 217231 259744
May 2003 281177 264678
June 2003 286842 270987
July 2003 244694 277517
Aug. 2003 300049 283254
Sept. 2003 293452 287764
Oct. 2003 360238 291566
Nov. 2003 429951 295132
Dec. 2003 293620 299012
Jan. 2004 272877 303807
Feb. 2004 284025 309823
Mar. 2004 262412 317295
April 2004 432727 326082
May 2004 352812 335090
June 2004 370928 342986
July 2004 389230 349464
Aug. 2004 336540 354103
Sept. 2004 206033 356665
Oct. 2004 382916 357625
Nov. 2004 322854 357729
Dec. 2004 360271 358314
Jan. 2005 373097 359801
Feb. 2005 331439 362910
Mar. 2005 300528 367445
April 2005 447332 372713
May 2005 430308 378168
June 2005 331002 383627
July 2005 419707 388751
Aug. 2005 389646 393543
Sept. 2005 377878 397962
Oct. 2005 397184 401297
Nov. 2005 359015 403243
Dec. 2005 481156 403932
Jan. 2006 343676 403292
Feb. 2006 443944 401591
Mar. 2006 453430 399279
April 2006 368819 396671
May 2006 376099 394350
June 2006 466891 393700
July 2006 349879 395473
Aug. 2006 369125 399167
Sept. 2006 445422 404788
Oct. 2006 407090 412156
Nov. 2006 408277 420870
Dec. 2006 445961 429866
Jan. 2007 461002 438410
Feb. 2007 465815 446575
Mar. 2007 467031 454330
April 2007 426975 461984
May 2007 419020 470136
June 2007 467006 478880
July 2007 555286 488520
Aug. 2007 493080 498904
Sept. 2007 484839 508432
Oct. 2007 478957 515996
Nov. 2007 597563 521307
Dec. 2007 520748 523912
Jan. 2008 532246 523963
Feb. 2008 481883 522179
Mar. 2008 565854 519458
April 2008 513036 517117
May 2008 522393 516507
June 2008 437632 517455
July 2008 465533 518939
Aug. 2008 618124 519856
Sept. 2008 517572 519397
Oct. 2008 493726 516142
Nov. 2008 552604 508792
Dec. 2008 495829 496468
Jan. 2009 497355 479498
Feb. 2009 519450 458512
Mar. 2009 427394 436107
April 2009 321934 415112
May 2009 416871 398153
June 2009 392796 387641
July 2009 247144 384332
Aug. 2009 345300 387726
Sept. 2009 385590 397447
Oct. 2009 381941 412948
Nov. 2009 436130 431734
Dec. 2009 553268 450457
Jan. 2010 580351 467219
Feb. 2010 391059 480106
Mar. 2010 355588 488040
April 2010 611127 491045
May 2010 431193 489913
June 2010 591037 485620
July 2010 523681 480176
Aug. 2010 383566 475061
Sept. 2010 386727 470803
Oct. 2010 490586 467175
Nov. 2010 554013 463675
Dec. 2010 361590 459833
Jan. 2011 481737 455533
Feb. 2011 494852 451213
Mar. 2011 572516 447496
April 2011 424221 444078
May 2011 436365 441057
June 2011 366393 439200
July 2011 412353 438575
Aug. 2011 455446 439962
Sept. 2011 462286 443377
Oct. 2011 477167 447968
Nov. 2011 445435 452902
Dec. 2011 461890 458133
Jan. 2012 455105 463626
Feb. 2012 483249 468242
Mar. 2012 302225 471164
April 2012 461262 471488
May 2012 429769 468435
June 2012 480322 461783
July 2012 474760 452224
Aug. 2012 502278 441102
Sept. 2012 726312 430024
Oct. 2012 433002 420316
Nov. 2012 370953 413427
Dec. 2012 353255 410589
Jan. 2013 335631 411795
Feb. 2013 371714 416578
Mar. 2013 450466 423715
April 2013 529970 431758
May 2013 493310 439329
June 2013 476820 445143
July 2013 386132 448487
Aug. 2013 427238 450083
Sept. 2013 499196 450812
Oct. 2013 422252 452096
Nov. 2013 392087 454932
Dec. 2013 474683 459887
Jan. 2014 286539 466811
Feb. 2014 495608 474496
Mar. 2014 544708 481042
April 2014 273044 484991
May 2014 533246 485294
June 2014 496731 481889
July 2014 396795 475284
Aug. 2014 481040 466017
Sept. 2014 437116 454801
Oct. 2014 474889 443069
Nov. 2014 450957 432634
Dec. 2014 397336 424371
Jan. 2015 430144 418257
Feb. 2015 422090 414312
Mar. 2015 327172 412278
April 2015 582976 412107
May 2015 419368 413591
June 2015 330279 416709
July 2015 473575 421419
Aug. 2015 431194 427298
Sept. 2015 417822 434032
Oct. 2015 411544 441822
Nov. 2015 438976 450590
Dec. 2015 490571 460362
Jan. 2016 476118 470544
Feb. 2016 461724 480386
Mar. 2016 344748 489398
April 2016 522061 496799
May 2016 477775 502120
June 2016 543514 505213
July 2016 569721 506014
Aug. 2016 471276 504492
Sept. 2016 472631 501110
Oct. 2016 479609 496232
Nov. 2016 463905 490298
Dec. 2016 525728 483778
Jan. 2017 484339 477524
Feb. 2017 473910 472632
Mar. 2017 538110 469780
April 2017 405930 469287

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