Santiago de Compostela, March 31 .- The number of licenses granted Galician municipalities last year for residential construction of new plant was 7384, 68.2 percent less than in 2008 when 23 163 were approved licenses.
According to data released today by the Galician Institute of Statistics (IGE), this figure was 45 614 in the year 2007, 83.8 percent more than in 2009., sto credits,
In total, municipalities 3023 licenses granted in 2009 for the construction of new buildings, less than half of those run the previous year, a total of 6242.
They were also approved licenses for the rehabilitation of 1,565 houses and 959 buildings, both lower than those recorded data in 2008, 1786 and 1277 were approved licenses.