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, 10 DECEMBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/10.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, OCTOBER 2008

in October 2008, there were 1 268 building permits issued, which was by 18.8% more than in October 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to October 2008 was by 7.9% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In October 2008:

- by type of constructions, 88.1% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 10.9% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 80.2% of permits were issued on new constructions and 19.8% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in October 2008, it was expected for 2 232 dwellings with the average floor area of 86.2 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, OCTOBER 2008

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works, thousand kuna	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Number	Value of works, thousand kuna	Number	Useful floor  area, m^2
X. 2008. IX. 2008.	95,0	107,1	104,2	106,6	89,0	26,9	93,3	98,5
X. 2008. X. 2007.	121,2	97,6	106,6	102,3	102,2	41,6	127,9	131,3
X. 2008. Ø 2007.	119,2	98,7	96,8	90,9	116,4	109,5	107,7	110,6
I. – X. 2008. I. – X. 2007.	91,9	93,4	85,2	80,9	94,3	178,5	89,5	87,8

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, OCTOBER 2008

Type of works		Number of permits by type of constructions			Value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
X. 2008.
Total		1 268	1 130	138	2 850 593	1 877 382	973 211	2 232		192 419
	New constructions	1 017	906	111	2 213 261	1 664 719	548 542	2 081		178 466
	Reconstructions	251	224	27	637 332	212 663	424 669	151^1)		13 953^1)
I. - X. 2008.
Total		9 539	8 471	1 068	29 530 806	16 287 810	13 242 996	17 593		1 457 015
	New constructions	7 560	6 670	890	25 620 726	13 463 866	12 156 860	16 460		1 349 926
	Reconstructions	1 979	1 801	178	3 910 080	2 823 944	1 086 136	1 133^1)		107 089^1)

1)    New dwellings created by additions (extensions) or by conversions of non-residential area into a dwelling

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, OCTOBER 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			1 130	445 847	1 551 115
New buildings			906	420 468	1 452 524
	Residential buildings with:		733	253 501	747 866
		One dwelling	438	86 782	256 437
		Two dwellings	102	29 615	87 013
		Three and more dwellings	192	130 474	382 890
		Residences for communities	1	6 630	21 526
	Non-residential buildings		173	166 967	704 658
		Hotels and similar buildings	10	7 177	21 635
		Office buildings	8	3 558	12 180
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	31	72 609	315 858
		Traffic and communication buildings	26	2 051	6 513
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	41	49 758	230 377
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	11	23 274	80 603
		Other non-residential buildings	46	8 540	37 492
Additions (extensions)^1)			120	25 379	98 591
	Residential buildings		94	17 860	52 067
	Non-residential buildings		26	7 519	46 524
Conversion and improvement			104	-	-
	Residential buildings		62	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		42	-	-

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

4.   DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, OCTOBER 2008

			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			2 232	192 419	190	655	672	403	172	113	18	9
Dwellings in new buildings			2 081	178 466	175	621	626	367	158	107	18	9
	Residential buildings with:		2 014	173 806	167	606	600	356	151	107	18	9
		One dwelling	438	62 423	9	26	65	140	103	72	18	5
		Two dwellings	204	20 143	6	31	70	69	16	8	-	4
		Three and more dwellings	1 372	91 240	152	549	465	147	32	27	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		67	4 660	8	15	26	11	7	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			130	12 154	12	28	38	35	12	5	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			21	1 799	3	6	8	1	2	1	-	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data on constructions presented in this publication are collected through reporting method using the Monthly Report on Building Permits Issued (GRAĐ-44a form).

Coverage and comparability

The monthly Report on Building Permits Issued is collected from the services in county state administration offices, administrative bodies of big towns and county seats, the City of Zagreb and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, which issue documents, specified in the Construction and Urban Planning Act (NN, No. 76/07), with which the construction is approved (building permits, approval of the main project and settlement of construction conditions).

Data on type of constructions and works are classified according to the National Classification of Types of Constructions − 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

Constructions are structures connected with the ground, for which construction works are carried out and which are made of construction materials and ready-made 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, that is, porches and underground constructions, for example, underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres and other business spaces (e.g. in subways) 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 the sum total of volumes of all roofed-over spaces of the building, including outer walls.

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

New constructions are 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, for example, additions and extensions, conversions and other works, which may significantly improve the occupancy value of a construction (for example capacity, quality, function) and/or prolong or  at least restore its duration.

Value of works is defined according to the bill of costs submitted by an investor, which is used for defining a tax paid for issuing of building permit.

Abbreviations

CBS    Central Bureau of Statistics

m²            square metre

m³            cubic metre

NKVG National Classification of Types of Constructions

NN       Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

‘000     thousand

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