Welland building permits jump 44% from 2020 to 2021
Published January 11, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Many residents may not be able to differentiate between 2020 and 2021 as the two years, laden with pandemic restrictions, almost seem to blend together.
However, the building department for Welland would tell a different tale altogether.
The city issued 1,108 new building permits in 2021, a huge jump above the 2020 figure of 767 – a hike of 44 per cent. Of those 2021 permits, 759 were issued for residential units.
However, the estimated construction value didn’t spike accordingly as the permits in 2020 represented $200 million while the 2021 permits were tagged at $245 million – a jump of 22 per cent.
Still, city officials were buoyed by the 2021 numbers.
“What these 2021 numbers represent is a strength in the City’s economy and the confidence people have in making Welland a preferred destination for their homes and businesses,” said Grant Munday, the city’s director of planning and development services.
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“We knew coming out of the pandemic that numbers would naturally increase, but the types of permits issued, especially when it comes to apartments and other options for housing, tells you where the City is heading in its growth.”
The building department noted that residential growth with city’s already-serviced area is now up to 85 per cent, meaning simply that particular are of Welland has municipal services, such as sewer systems, garbage service and municipal water.
The department said the most prominent residential permits included a four-storey, 103 unit apartment building at 300 South Pelham Road; a six-storey, 137 unit apartment building at 699 Niagara Street; a 37-unit townhouse development on the south-east corner of Broadway and Perenack Avenue (formerly the Broadway Public School
land); a 108-lot subdivision on the north-west corner of Webber Road and South Pelham Road and a 98-lot subdivision on the north side of Sauer Avenue, west of Bradley Avenue.