Number of building permits for new single dwelling houses in Latvia down 18.2% in Q1

• Published date: 10 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 10 (LETA) - Latvian construction authorities issued 373 permits for construction of new single dwelling houses in the first quarter of this year, which was a decrease of 18.2 percent against a year before, the Central Statistical Bureau said.

Meanwhile, the total floor space of the new single dwelling house projects decreased 12.8 percent year-on-year to 71,200 square meters (m2).

In the first quarter of 2022, the Latvian construction authorities also issued 37 permits for construction of new industrial buildings and storage facilities with a total floor space of 32,400 m2. The number of such permits decreased by one while the total floor space of these construction projects declined from 59,700 year-on-year.

total of 484 permits were issued for construction, reconstruction and renovation of single dwelling houses with a total floor space of 91,200 m2 in the first quarter of this year. In comparison with the respective period a year ago, the number of such permits declined 11.2 percent and the total floor space of the projects dropped by 18.9...