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Building and construction permits

How many new building permits were issued in a month..

5,828 permits · Latest reading · Jul 2026

5,828 new building permits during the month.

Definition

All construction and development permits issued each month by the municipalities for residential, commercial and industrial projects..

Business brokerage

A leading measure of what contracting is about to do, and of coming demand for building materials, supply chains and skilled labour..

Reading the path

5,828.0permitsJul 2026
2,5005,0007,50010,000
Jan 2023Jul 2026

Shown: the whole series as the agency published it, 43 readings since Jan 2023.

Up by 783 permits against June 2026, and holding below its annual average of 6,506 permits.

The last 12 periodic readings

PeriodValue (permits) Periodic change
Jul 20265,828▲ 783
Jun 20265,045▼ 11
May 20265,056▼ 1,747
Apr 20266,803▲ 2,317
Mar 20264,486▼ 820
Feb 20265,306▼ 1,375
Jan 20266,681▼ 2,771
Dec 20259,452▲ 1,418
Nov 20258,034▲ 577
Oct 20257,457▲ 537
Sep 20256,920▼ 78
Aug 20256,998▲ 1,416

Source record

Official data retrieved automatically from GASTAT, and archived daily in the historical record so a reading is kept with its date even if the source revises it later. Figures are never entered by hand, and never changed after publication.