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, 14 JANUARY, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/11.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, NOVEMBER 2008

in November 2008, there were 1 147 building permits issued, which was by 13.6% more than in November 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to November 2008 was by 6.0% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In November 2008:

- by type of constructions, 86.9% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 13.1% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.7% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.3% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in November 2008, it was expected for 1 873 dwellings with the average floor area of 82.8 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, NOVEMBER 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
XI. 2008. X. 2008.	88,2	84,1	83,2	80,6	108,7	65,7	83,9	80,6
XI. 2008. XI. 2007.	114,1	95,5	83,6	77,9	110,3	29,0	102,7	105,2
XI. 2008. Ø 2007.	105,2	83,0	80,6	73,3	126,5	72,0	90,3	89,1
I. – XI. 2008. I. – XI. 2007.	93,8	93,6	85,0	80,6	96,0	144,2	90,6	89,3

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, NOVEMBER 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
XI. 2008.
Total		1 147	997	150	2 218 086	1 578 317	639 769	1 873		155 026
	New constructions	903	781	122	1 795 723	1 259 454	536 269	1 773		145 988
	Reconstructions	244	216	28	422 363	318 863	103 500	100^1)		9 038^1)
I. - XI. 2008.
Total		10 686	9 468	1 218	31 748 892	17 866 127	13 882 765	19 466		1 612 041
	New constructions	8 463	7 451	1 012	27 416 449	14 723 320	12 693 129	18 233		1 495 914
	Reconstructions	2 223	2 017	206	4 332 443	3 142 807	1 189 636	1 233^1)		116 127^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, NOVEMBER 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			997	370 989	1 250 007
New buildings			781	320 130	1 082 137
	Residential buildings with:		617	219 614	658 496
		One dwelling	387	76 611	229 039
		Two dwellings	79	23 548	69 587
		Three and more dwellings	151	119 455	359 870
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		164	100 516	423 641
		Hotels and similar buildings	10	8 565	29 078
		Office buildings	12	13 551	45 599
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	19	11 054	54 773
		Traffic and communication buildings	31	17 819	54 941
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	30	30 493	171 341
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	12	10 605	35 890
		Other non-residential buildings	50	8 429	32 019
Additions (extensions)^1)			97	50 859	167 870
	Residential buildings		68	12 704	37 791
	Non-residential buildings		29	38 155	130 079
Conversion and improvement			119	-	-
	Residential buildings		33	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		86	-	-

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, NOVEMBER 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			1 873	155 026	251	546	543	288	149	65	19	12
Dwellings in new buildings			1 773	145 988	234	524	512	266	148	59	18	12
	Residential buildings with:		1 758	144 866	233	515	510	264	147	59	18	12
		One dwelling	387	53 671	7	36	64	95	116	42	15	12
		Two dwellings	158	16 928	9	22	32	61	19	13	2	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 213	74 267	217	457	414	108	12	4	1	-
	Non-residential buildings		15	1 122	1	9	2	2	1	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			99	8 930	17	22	31	21	1	6	1	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			1	108	-	-	-	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

NN       Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

‘000     thousand

Symbols

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