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, 11 MARCH, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JANUARY 2008

in January 2008, there were 438 building permits issued, which was by 50.5% less than in January 2007.

In January 2008:

- by type of constructions, 88.4% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.6% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 77.9% of permits were issued onnew constructions and 22.1% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in January 2008, it was expected for 971 dwellings with the average floor area of 80.2 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JANUARY 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
I. 2008. XII. 2007.	30,2	23,9	23,4	22,6	33,1	152,5	28,7	27,5
I. 2008. I. 2007.	47,7	86,2	73,2	72,6	68,9	811,3	67,7	62,6
I. 2008. Ø 2007.	40,8	47,0	43,5	39,3	43,0	179,0	46,8	44,7

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JANUARY 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
I. 2008.
Total		438	387	51	2 485 815	894 134	1 591 681	971		77 831
	New constructions	341	297	44	2 306 513	781 672	1 524 841	923		73 871
	Reconstructions	97	90	7	179 302	112 462	66 840	48^1)		3 960^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JANUARY 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			387	200 237	671 252
New buildings			297	180 437	596 349
	Residential buildings with:		232	117 270	341 832
		One dwelling	114	23 734	69 997
		Two dwellings	33	9 163	27 018
		Three and more dwellings	85	84 373	244 817
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		65	63 167	254 517
		Hotels and similar buildings	17	14 897	53 129
		Office buildings	3	2 111	8 331
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	12	9 430	33 275
		Traffic and communication buildings	9	13 802	55 415
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	11	7 337	37 713
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	4	12 885	57 221
		Other non-residential buildings	9	2 705	9 433
Additions (extensions)^1)			45	19 800	74 903
	Residential buildings		31	5 131	15 470
	Non-residential buildings		14	14 669	59 433
Conversion and improvement			45	-	-
	Residential buildings		25	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		20	-	-

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, JANUARY 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			971	77 831	166	235	329	131	66	28	11	5
Dwellings in new buildings			923	73 871	162	220	317	121	61	27	10	5
	Residential buildings with:		908	72 792	159	213	314	120	60	27	10	5
		One dwelling	114	17 052	1	7	17	24	27	24	9	5
		Two dwellings	66	6 532	1	13	17	16	15	3	1	-
		Three and more dwellings	728	49 208	157	193	280	80	18	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		15	1 079	3	7	3	1	1	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			46	3 758	4	15	11	9	5	1	1	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			2	202	-	-	1	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 Enviornmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, which issue construction permits specified in the Construction and Urban Planning Act (NN 76/07).

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 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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