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, 16 FEBRUARY, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/12.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, DECEMBER 2008

in December 2008, there were 1 595 building permits issued, which was by 11.1% more than in December 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to December 2008 was by 4.1% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In December 2008:

- by type of constructions, 89.1% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 10.9% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction, 77.7% of permits were issued onnew constructions and 22.3% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in December 2008, it was expected for 5 119 dwellings with the average floor area of 74.6 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, DECEMBER 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
XII. 2008. XI. 2008.	142,5	355,7	319,3	339,2	116,0	629,5	273,3	246,5
XII. 2008. XII. 2007.	110,8	150,3	138,6	142,8	113,0	385,9	151,0	135,2
XII. 2008. Ø 2007.	149,9	295,0	257,3	248,5	146,7	452,9	246,9	219,5
I. – XII. 2008. I. – XII. 2007.	95,7	102,8	93,3	89,7	97,8	167,8	98,8	95,5

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, DECEMBER 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
XII. 2008.
Total		1 595	1 421	174	9 640 690	5 613 404	4 027 286	5 119		382 087
	New constructions	1 239	1 091	148	7 045 809	5 271 441	1 774 368	5 038		376 519
	Reconstructions	356	330	26	2 594 881	341 963	2 252 918	81^1)		5 568^1)
I. – XII. 2008.
Total		12 281	10 889	1 392	41 389 582	23 479 531	17 910 051	24 585		1 994 128
	New constructions	9 702	8 542	1 160	34 462 258	19 994 761	14 467 497	23 271		1 872 433
	Reconstructions	2 579	2 347	232	6 927 324	3 484 770	3 442 554	1 314^1)		121 695^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, DECEMBER 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			1 421	1 184 442	4 240 166
New buildings			1 091	1 144 001	4 113 375
	Residential buildings with:		890	594 678	1 790 333
		One dwelling	440	89 130	265 424
		Two dwellings	138	36 676	110 035
		Three and more dwellings	312	468 872	1 414 874
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		201	549 323	2 323 042
		Hotels and similar buildings	19	90 112	287 581
		Office buildings	10	59 762	183 245
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	32	283 413	1 324 865
		Traffic and communication buildings	32	1 612	4 792
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	31	39 075	186 677
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	13	43 722	177 821
		Other non-residential buildings	64	31 627	158 061
Additions (extensions)^1)			158	40 441	126 791
	Residential buildings		132	24 577	71 900
	Non-residential buildings		26	15 864	54 891
Conversion and improvement			172	-	-
	Residential buildings		75	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		97	-	-

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, DECEMBER 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			5 119	382 087	736	1 682	1 699	673	214	87	19	9
Dwellings in new buildings			4 919	362 976	717	1 641	1 643	619	196	77	17	9
	Residential buildings with:		4 889	360 462	712	1 638	1 632	608	196	77	17	9
		One dwelling	440	63 183	10	32	49	129	131	68	14	7
		Two dwellings	276	25 605	2	47	131	69	21	1	3	2
		Three and more dwellings	4 173	271 674	700	1 559	1 452	410	44	8	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		30	2 514	5	3	11	11	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			179	17 569	18	32	50	49	18	10	2	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			21	1 542	1	9	6	5	-	-	-	-

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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