The number of building permits issued between September and November 2022 fell by 34.9% compared to the previous three months, according to estimates published Thursday by the Minister for the Ecological Transition.
Free fall. The number of building permits issued between September and November 2022 decreased by 34.9% compared to the previous three months, despite an increase of 5.6% over a year, according to estimates published Thursday by the Minister of Ecological Transition.
An exceptional number of permit applications had been submitted in December 2021, before the entry into force of the RE2020 environmental regulations, as well as in August 2022 before the deadline for eligibility for aid to revive sustainable construction, at specify the minister. These exceptional increases, linked to anticipatory behavior, had the counterpart of sharp drops in authorizations in the months that followed, he added.
The objective of RE2020 is to limit the greenhouse gas emissions of new construction. It encourages building using so-called biosourced materials, such as wood, rather than the more traditional concrete or steel, the production of which is polluting and requires new housing to be better insulated and have a moderate impact on the climate.
Nearly 500,000 authorized dwellings
However, the number of building permits issued between December 2021 and November 2022 increased by 5.6% compared to the same period a year ago. Over the past 12 months, 491,200 homes have been authorized for construction, ie 25,900 more than during the previous 12 months, the minister pointed out.
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The number of residential housing permits experienced the strongest growth of the various housing categories, with an increase of 16.6% over one year. Those of ordinary collective dwellings show an increase of 13.6%, and those of individual group dwellings of 11.9%. Pure individual housing, already down over the November 2021-October 2022 period, continued to decline (-10.4%).
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