„Since the beginning of the year the municipality of Sofia has generated some 14 mln leva from the fees for construction permissions it issued,“ said Petar Dikov, chief architect of the capital city during today's presentation of the new project of Winslow Developments – Winslow Gardens.

„By comparison for the entire 2006 the municipality generated just 500 000 leva from construction permit fees,“ he added.

The number of permits issued for residential buildings in 2007's first quarter is 2 442 and they are for a total built-up area of 1.8 mln sqm, for administrative buildings the permits granted are 104 for a total built-up area of 83 076 sqm, and for other types of buildings – 1503 permits for a total of 803 602 sqm.

Broken down to regions the number of permits issued for residential buildings is greatest in the municipality of Bourgas – 479, followed by Varna – 394, the city of Sofia – 154 and Plovdiv – 151.

The greatest number of construction permissions for administrative buildings has been issued in Plovdiv – 23, the region of Sofia – 11, the city of Sofia - 10, Varna – 9, Stara Zagora – 7 and Bourgas – 6.