FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLV.	ZAGREB, 2 DECEMBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

USE PERMITS ISSUED, 2007

There were 4 246 use permits issued in 2007, which was by 30.3% more than in 2006.

In 2007:

-    by type of constructions, 84.2% out of the total number of use permits were issued on buildings and 15.8% on civil engineering works.

-    by type of works, 84.8% of use permits were issued on new constructions and 15.2% on reconstructions.

1.    USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS

		Total	Number of use permits by type of constructions and type of works				Dwellings
			Buildings		Civil engineering works		Number	Useful floor area, m^2
			New constructions	Reconstructions	New constructions	Reconstructions
2006.		3 259	2 154	438	526	141	8 422	597 629
2007.		4 246	3 074	502	527	143	11 957	845 890
Indices	2007. 2006.	130,3	142,7	114,6	100,2	101,4	142,0	141,5

2.   USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, 2007

By type of constructions	Number of use permits, by type of works
	Total	New constructions	Reconstructions
			Additions	Other reconstructions
Total	4 246	3 601	174	471
Buildings	3 576	3 074	126	376
Residential buildings	2 379	2 250	7	122
Non-residential buildings	1 197	824	119	254
Civil engineering works	670	527	48	95
Transport infrastructure	166	116	5	45
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	468	385	42	41
Complex constructions on industrial sites	16	11	1	4
Other civil engineering works	20	15	-	5

3.   USE PERMITS ISSUED FOR BUILDINGS, 2007

	Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	3 576	2 731 822	10 226 471
New buildings	3 074	2 608 348	9 736 523
Residential buildings	2 250	1 256 932	3 781 725
With one dwelling	776	138 397	430 641
With two dwellings	355	96 695	294 391
With three and more dwellings	1 107	992 579	2 966 969
Residences for communities	12	29 261	89 724
Non-residential buildings	824	1 351 416	5 954 798
Hotels and similar buildings	97	102 851	335 532
Office buildings	85	219 029	811 996
Wholesale and retail trade buildings	282	554 648	2 519 659
Traffic and communication buildings	32	29 439	101 435
Industrial buildings and warehouses	178	201 772	1 045 243
Public entertainment, education, hospital or         institutional care buildings	60	152 451	712 076
Other non-residential buildings	90	91 226	428 857
Additions (extensions)^1)	126	123 474	489 948
Residential buildings	7	8 474	26 428
Non-residential buildings	119	115 000	463 520
Conversions and improvements	376	-	-
Residential buildings	122	-	-
Non-residential buildings	254	-	-

1)    Works leading to the creation of new usable entireties beside or on already existing constructions (new dwellings, spaces for economic activity and other spaces)

4.   DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2007

	Number of dwellings	Useful floor area, m^2	Dwellings, by number of rooms
			1 room	2 rooms	3 rooms	4 rooms	5 rooms	6 rooms	7 rooms	8 or more rooms
Total	11 957	845 890	1 721	4 625	3 574	1 448	512	68	9	-
Dwellings in new buildings	11 949	845 232	1 721	4 623	3 569	1 447	512	68	9	-
Residential buildings	11 816	834 981	1 712	4 558	3 544	1 418	508	67	9	-
With one dwelling	776	96 895	26	36	178	294	195	42	5	-
With two dwellings	710	70 266	18	113	261	210	93	13	2	-
With three and more dwellings	10 330	667 820	1 668	4 409	3 105	914	220	12	2	-
Non-residential buildings^1)	133	10 251	9	65	25	29	4	1	-	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	2	157	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Dwellings created by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	6	501	-	1	4	1	-	-	-	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings

5.   NUMBER OF FLOORS AND BY WHETHER DWELLING IS EQUIPPED WITH CENTRAL HEATING AND KITCHEN, 2007

	Total		In residential buildings								In non-residential buildings^1)
			Total		With one dwelling		With two dwellings		With three and more dwellings
	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2
Total	11 957	845 890	11 824	835 639	784	97 553	710	70 266	10 330	667 820	133	10 251
In urban settlements	9 178	641 643	9 084	635 029	415	54 559	380	40 491	8 289	539 979	94	6 614
In other settlements	2 779	204 247	2 740	200 610	369	42 994	330	29 775	2 041	127 841	39	3 637
Number of dwellings with central heating	8 029	578 494	7 919	570 125	471	62 864	354	37 337	7 094	469 924	110	8 369
Number of dwellings with kitchen larger than 4 m^2	10 608	-	10 492	-	758	-	693	-	9 041	-	116	-
Number of dwellings with kitchen smaller than 4 m^2	1 349	-	1 332	-	26	-	17	-	1 289	-	17	-
According to the number of floors in the building (dwellings in new buildings)	11 949	845 232	11 816	834 981	776	96 895	710	70 266	10 330	667 820	133	10 251
Ground floor	319	32 285	315	32 060	315	32 060	-	-	-	-	4	225
1 floor	1 449	152 585	1 397	148 031	435	60 848	602	58 567	360	28 616	52	4 554
2 floors	3 928	275 209	3 892	272 476	26	3 987	104	11 253	3 762	257 236	36	2 733
3 floors	2 418	149 029	2 409	148 330	-	-	4	446	2 405	147 884	9	699
4 – 5 floors	3 273	201 822	3 261	200 902	-	-	-	-	3 261	200 902	12	920
6 – 8 floors	547	33 212	527	32 092	-	-	-	-	527	32 092	20	1 120
9 floors and over	15	1 090	15	1 090	-	-	-	-	15	1 090	-	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings 

6.   NUMBER OF USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, BY COUNTIES, 2007

	Total	By type of constructions
		Buildings		Civil engineering works				By type of works
		Residential buildings	Non-residential buildings	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	Complex construction on industrial sites	Other civil engineering works	New constructions	Reconstructions
Total	4 246	2 379	1 197	166	468	16	20	3 601	645
County of Zagreb	117	40	58	6	12	-	1	82	35
County of Krapina-Zagorje	145	32	84	8	19	1	1	108	37
County of Sisak-Moslavina	66	12	19	4	29	2	-	58	8
County of Karlovac	92	27	41	12	10	1	1	66	26
County of Varaždin	195	83	105	2	4	-	1	156	39
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	139	23	58	11	42	2	3	111	28
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	133	52	49	-	32	-	-	113	20
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	425	313	76	11	22	1	2	391	34
County of Lika-Senj	157	105	33	8	9	1	1	139	18
County of Virovitica-Podravina	115	53	40	5	17	-	-	92	23
County of Požega-Slavonia	39	5	22	1	10	-	1	28	11
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	63	20	28	1	14	-	-	59	4
County of Zadar	36	7	10	12	7	-	-	33	3
County of Osijek-Baranja	588	325	165	33	62	2	1	475	113
County of Šibenik-Knin	77	53	11	4	8	1	-	76	1
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	265	129	89	12	34	1	-	196	69
County of Split-Dalmatia	248	169	40	11	22	2	4	228	20
County of Istria	318	238	45	9	22	2	2	289	29
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	190	131	37	5	17	-	-	174	16
County of Međimurje	145	24	56	6	58	-	1	89	56
City of Zagreb	692	538	131	5	17	-	1	637	55
County not located^1)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-

1)    Construction spreading out to territories of two or more counties

7.   SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS FOR WHICH USE PERMITS WERE ISSUED (new buildings and additions),
      BY COUNTIES, 2007

	Buildings						Dwellings
	Total		Residential		Non-residential		Number	useful floor area, m^2
	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	2 731 822	10 226 471	1 265 406	3 808 153	1 466 416	6 418 318	11 957	845 890
County of Zagreb	80 442	400 094	37 718	113 114	42 724	286 980	469	29 985
County of Krapina-Zagorje	96 997	376 774	10 378	33 451	86 619	343 323	83	8 239
County of Sisak-Moslavina	27 942	151 490	5 337	14 600	22 605	136 890	51	3 850
County of Karlovac	39 043	145 010	15 026	41 594	24 017	103 416	154	11 468
County of Varaždin	81 157	391 114	31 698	101 050	49 459	290 064	238	19 496
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	47 829	195 072	5 537	16 879	42 292	178 193	45	5 299
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	32 811	131 051	14 502	43 457	18 309	87 594	103	8 898
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	221 319	674 824	104 482	317 257	116 837	357 567	1 033	76 399
County of Lika-Senj	66 843	229 120	46 728	139 439	20 115	89 681	684	35 476
County of Virovitica-Podravina	40 266	180 652	11 357	34 029	28 909	146 623	113	8 759
County of Požega-Slavonia	19 080	89 138	4 839	15 516	14 241	73 622	5	454
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	50 384	172 091	6 677	20 155	43 707	151 936	38	4 120
County of Zadar	12 835	51 684	4 232	13 679	8 603	38 005	42	2 771
County of Osijek-Baranja	251 334	1 007 307	125 015	391 133	126 319	616 174	1 139	82 557
County of Šibenik-Knin	39 077	127 733	24 713	73 106	14 364	54 627	278	17 279
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	92 289	425 369	29 318	86 684	62 971	338 685	188	17 766
County of Split-Dalmatia	147 659	481 637	103 263	304 841	44 396	176 796	1 059	70 547
County of Istria	117 006	378 237	84 804	253 095	32 202	125 142	802	59 269
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	94 816	303 870	67 686	199 620	27 130	104 250	527	43 829
County of Međimurje	84 782	361 467	22 271	65 836	62 511	295 631	152	14 854
City of Zagreb	1 087 911	3 952 737	509 825	1 529 618	578 086	2 423 119	4 754	324 575

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data presented in this publication are collected through reporting methods using the Annual Report on Use Permits Issued (GRAĐ-44b form).

Coverage and comparability

The Annual Report on Use Permits Issued is collected from services in county state administration offices and the administrative body of the City of Zagreb, which are competent for construction affairs, as well as from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, which issues permits for constructions specified in the Law on Construction (NN, No. 175/03).

Data on type of constructions and works are classified according to the National Classification of Types of Construction – NKVG (Methodologies No. 41, ISBN 953-6667-33-9, CBS, 2002). This Classification is harmonised with the classification prescribed by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Classification of Types of Constructions-CC, final version).

Definitions

Use permit is a permission to use a construction, issued by administrative construction body to an investor or owner after technical examination.

Constructions are structures connected with the ground, for which construction works are carried out, and which are made of construction materials and components.

Buildings are permanent constructions covered with roof and closed with outer walls. They are built as separate useful units that protect from weather and other conditions, intended for dwelling, performing a certain activity or for placing and up-keeping animals, goods, equipment used in various industrial activities and services etc.

In this Survey buildings are also constructions covered with roof but without (some of the) walls, e.g. porches, and underground constructions, e.g. underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres etc.

Residential buildings are constructions in which 50% or more of useful floor area is intended for dwelling purposes.

Non-residential buildings are constructions without dwelling area, in which less than 50% of the overall useful floor area is used for dwelling purposes.

Floor area of buildings is a sum total of area of all floors of the building placed inside the outer walls.

Useful floor area of a dwelling is a floor area of the dwelling, measured inside  the walls of  the dwelling.

Volume of building is sum total of volumes of all roofed over space of the building, including  outer walls.

Civil engineering works are all constructions not classified under buildings, e.g., roads, railways, pipelines, bridges, dams, constructions intended for sport and recreation, etc.

New construction is a newly-built structure built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Reconstructions are construction works that affect main characteristics of already existing constructions, e.g. additions and extensions, conversions and other works, which may significantly improve the USE value of a construction (e.g. capacity, quality, function) and/or prolong or at least restore its duration.

Abbreviations

e.g. for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

etc. and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

m²   square metre

m³   cubic metre

NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

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