In the first half of this year, building authorities issued 2,261 building permits in the Olomouc region, which was 5.7 percent more year-on-year. This follows from preliminary data published by the Czech Statistical Office. For the entire year 2021, 4,756 building permits were issued in the Olomouc Region, a year-on-year increase of 10.4 percent. Last year’s number of building permits was the highest in the region in the last ten years.
In the first half of this year, the authorities in the Olomouc region issued 1,457 building permits and 804 permits for engineering works. The indicative value of all permitted constructions in the Olomouc Region from January to the end of June fell by 1.7 percent year-on-year to CZK 11.251 billion. Building permits were issued for buildings with an indicative value of CZK 8.578 billion. Engineering construction accounted for issued construction permits worth CZK 2.673 billion.
The largest number of building permits issued last year in the region also concerned the construction of buildings, which accounted for 2,920 permits, i.e. 61.4 percent of the total number. This category includes residential buildings (1874 permits) and non-residential buildings (1046 permits). Of the other 1,836 issued construction notices and permits for engineering constructions, 380 were permits for transport constructions.
The indicative value of buildings for which building permits were issued in the region in 2021 amounted to CZK 27.556 billion and increased by more than half year-on-year. Three-quarters of this amount was the estimated value of the building constructions, and one-quarter went to civil engineering works.
In 2020, when the coronavirus epidemic hit the world, the number of building permits in the region fell by 2.7 percent year-on-year to 4,308. The indicative value of building permits decreased by 13.2 percent to CZK 17.4 billion. In 2019, building authorities in the Olomouc Region issued 4,429 building permits. Their number thus increased year-on-year by 6.1 percent to a seven-year high.
