{"id":28559,"date":"2021-07-06T13:56:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/?p=28559"},"modified":"2021-07-06T13:56:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T11:56:34","slug":"building-plans-may-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Plans \u2013 May 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1160\" height=\"485\" data-attachment-id=\"28560\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-62\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62.png\" data-orig-size=\"1160,485\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-62\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-1024x428.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62.png?fit=740%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62.png 1160w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-250x105.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-62-150x63.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The City of\nWindhoek approved a total of 187 building plans in May, representing a 25.2%\nm\/m decrease from the 250 building plans approved in April. In monetary terms,\nthe approvals were valued at N$173.0 million, a 26.1% m\/m decrease. 183\nbuildings with a value of N$67.13 million were completed during May, a 27.9%\nm\/m decrease in value terms. Year-to-date building approvals are 66.3% and 24.8%\nhigher in number and value terms, respectively, than during the same period in\n2020. This increase is however mostly due to stagnant construction activity during\nthe lockdown last year. Year-to-date, the number of completed buildings\nincreased by 23.3% y\/y to 678, while the value of these completions fell marginally\nby 3.6% y\/y from N$380.0 million in 2020 to N$366.5 million in 2021. On a\ntwelve-month cumulative basis, 2,684 buildings with the value of N$2.01 billion\nwere approved, an increase of 47.7% y\/y in number, and 10.7% y\/y in value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1161\" height=\"604\" data-attachment-id=\"28561\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-63\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63.png\" data-orig-size=\"1161,604\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-63\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-1024x533.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63.png?fit=740%2C385&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63.png 1161w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-1024x533.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-250x130.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-63-150x78.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1161px) 100vw, 1161px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In May, 105 additions to properties\nwere approved with a value of N$55.4 million<ins>,<\/ins>\nwhile 125 additions worth N$28.1 million were completed during the month, as\nthe category continues as the main contributor to the total approvals and\ncompletions. Additions to properties approved fell 36.7% m\/m in number and\n40.4% m\/m in value terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1123\" height=\"538\" data-attachment-id=\"28562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-64\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64.png\" data-orig-size=\"1123,538\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-64\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-1024x491.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64.png?fit=740%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64.png 1123w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-1024x491.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-250x120.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-64-150x72.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1123px) 100vw, 1123px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNew\nresidential units were the second largest contributor to the total number of\nbuilding plans approved in May, and the largest contributor in value terms. 78\nnew units worth N$92.6 million were approved in May, representing a 28.5% m\/m decrease\nfrom the N$129.5 million worth of approvals in April. On a 12-month cumulative\nbasis, residential units approvals recorded a 125.3% y\/y increase in value. 58 new\nresidential units worth N$39.0 million were completed during the month,\nrepresenting an increase in value of 17.7% m\/m<ins>,<\/ins> but\na decrease of 21.6% y\/y. \n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1181\" height=\"591\" data-attachment-id=\"28563\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-65\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65.png\" data-orig-size=\"1181,591\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-65\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-1024x512.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65.png?fit=740%2C370&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65.png 1181w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-250x125.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-65-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1181px) 100vw, 1181px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four new commercial units, valued at\nN$25.0 million, were approved in May, translating to a 115.3% m\/m increase in\nvalue terms. Year-to-date, there have been sixteen commercial building\napprovals valued at N$51.1 million, which is 33.3% lower in number terms and a 79.3%\ndecrease in value terms compared to the same period last year. On a rolling\n12-month perspective, the number of commercial and industrial approvals have\nslowed to 33 units worth N$135.3 million as at May, compared to the 56 approved\nunits worth N$652.9 million over the corresponding period a year ago. No\ncommercial and industrial units were completed in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1165\" height=\"580\" data-attachment-id=\"28564\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-66\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66.png\" data-orig-size=\"1165,580\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-66\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-1024x510.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66.png?fit=740%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66.png 1165w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-250x124.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-66-150x75.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color wp-block-paragraph\"><a>The 12-month cumulative number of building plans approved increased\nby 47.7% y\/y in May. A total of 2,684 building plans to the value of N$2.01\nbillion were approved over the last 12 months, representing an increase in\nvalue of 10.7% y\/y. Additions to properties have made up 64.0% of the\ncumulative number of approvals, but only 38.4% of the total value of approvals.\nCompleted building plans increased 17.0% y\/y in value terms to N$1.52billion on\na 12-month cumulative basis in May. The commercial sector has contributed a\nlacklustre 1% in terms of number of approvals and 6% in terms of value in 2021.\nThis reflects the prolonged hardships experienced amongst corporates, which is\nunlikely to recover in the short-term, as the heightened infection levels of\nCovid-19 have resulted in <del>a <\/del>new economically restrictive\nlockdown measures. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1157\" height=\"511\" data-attachment-id=\"28565\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/image-67\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67.png\" data-orig-size=\"1157,511\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-67\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-1024x452.png\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/ijg.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67.png?fit=740%2C327&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67.png 1157w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-768x339.png 768w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-1024x452.png 1024w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-250x110.png 250w, https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-67-150x66.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1157px) 100vw, 1157px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Windhoek approved a total of 187 building plans in May, representing a 25.2% m\/m decrease from the 250 building plans approved in April. In monetary terms, the approvals were valued at N$173.0 million, a 26.1% m\/m decrease. 183 buildings with a value of N$67.13 million were completed&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/building-plans-may-2021\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buildingplans","category-economicresearch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4zfYc-7qD","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28566,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28559\/revisions\/28566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijg.net\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}