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Building permits and site plans in Dubai

Site plan requests, building and demolition permits, real estate permits and building project applications in Dubai, from Dubai open data.

Real estate permits by service (12 months): 34,441 (Oct 2025 – Oct 2026). Source: Dubai open data via data.dubai, as of 23 Oct 2026, calculated by Zolia.

Real estate permits by service (12 months)

Oct 2025 – Oct 2026

Total
34,441
Electronic Advertisement31,487
Outdoor Advertisement488
Classified Advertisment482
Vehicles Advertisement452
Advertising Boards393
Open Day261

Data as of 23 Oct 2026 · Source: Dubai Land Department (Open Data), https://dubailand.gov.ae/en/open-data/real-estate-data/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence dubailand.gov.ae

Demolition permits by building type (12 months)

Sep 2025 – Aug 2026

Total
899
Private Villa543
Public Building121
Industrial Building102
Multi Storey90
Floor Area Ratio3

Data as of 28 Sep 2026 · Source: Dubai Municipality (Open Data via data.dubai), https://data.dubai/, under the Dubai Open Data Licence data.dubai

Indicative figures from registered transactions and rent contracts, not a valuation of any unit.

Prepared by Zolia from open data published on data.dubai under the Dubai Open Data Licence. data.dubai · Dubai Open Data Licence

Rankings and figures are information, not a recommendation to buy, sell or invest.

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Data as of 23 Oct 2026