In July 2020, 2 005 building permits were issued, presenting the decrease of 8.9% related to July 2019. Out of the total number of permits issued in July 2020, 81.3% related to buildings and 18.7% to civil engineering. When referring only to buildings, 70.4% related to residential buildings and 29.6% to non–residential ones, while regarding civil engineering, the largest number related to pipelines, communication and electric power lines (77.3%).
According to the permits issued in July 2020 in the Republic of Serbia, building of 2 375 dwellings with average area of 71.3 m2 was recorded. Out of the total number of dwellings in new residential buildings, 10.9% of dwellings will be built in single-dwelling buildings, with average area of 146.5 m², and 87.6% of dwellings will be in buildings with three and more dwellings, with significantly smaller average area of 61.1 m².
Anticipated value of works in July 2020 amounted to 82.2% of totally anticipated value of works. Observed by areas, the greatest construction activity is expected in Srednjebanatska oblast (18.8%) of totally anticipated value of works, followed by Beogradska oblast (18.2%), and Sumadijska oblast (9.1%), while the shares of other areas are from 0.6% up to 6.3%.