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 APRIL, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, FEBRUARY 2008

in February 2008, there were 807 building permits issued, which was by 28.1% less than in February 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to February 2008 was by 38.0% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In February 2008:

- by type of constructions, 89.0% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.0% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 79.2% of permits were issued on new constructions and 20.8% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in February 2008, it was expected for 1 491 dwellings with the average floor area of 79.5 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, FEBRUARY 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
II. 2008. I. 2008.	185,5	111,6	128,0	131,9	174,5	18,5	153,6	152,3
II. 2008. II. 2007.	71,3	73,4	68,5	65,9	77,4	140,5	77,4	71,2
II. 2008. Ø 2007.	75,7	52,5	55,7	51,9	75,1	33,1	71,9	68,1
I. – II. 2008. I. – II. 2007.	60,8	78,9	70,5	68,6	74,1	464,8	73,3	67,5

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, FEBRUARY 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
II. 2008.
Total		807	718	89	1 292 856	998 287	294 569	1 491		118 509
	New constructions	639	567	72	1 035 819	842 454	193 365	1 417		112 479
	Reconstructions	168	151	17	257 037	155 833	101 204	74^1)		6 030^1)
I. - II. 2008.
Total		1 245	1 105	140	3 778 671	1 892 421	1 886 250	2 462		196 340
	New constructions	980	864	116	3 342 332	1 624 126	1 718 206	2 340		186 350
	Reconstructions	265	241	24	436 339	268 295	168 044	122^1)		9 990^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, FEBRUARY 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			718	256 386	885 214
New buildings			567	236 904	816 909
	Residential buildings with:		463	159 382	458 385
		One dwelling	238	44 248	129 611
		Two dwellings	77	21 217	63 130
		Three and more dwellings	147	93 537	264 504
		Residences for communities	1	380	1 140
	Non-residential buildings		104	77 522	358 524
		Hotels and similar buildings	3	4 088	13 288
		Office buildings	9	6 762	23 022
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	11	9 058	30 574
		Traffic and communication buildings	14	2 695	12 554
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	32	25 720	137 635
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	7	7 685	50 739
		Other non-residential buildings	28	21 514	90 712
Additions (extensions)^1)			62	19 482	68 305
	Residential buildings		45	7 874	23 568
	Non-residential buildings		17	11 608	44 737
Conversion and improvement			89	-	-
	Residential buildings		43	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		46	-	-

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, FEBRUARY 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			1 491	118 509	173	446	451	224	131	41	16	9
Dwellings in new buildings			1 417	112 479	162	422	435	207	128	38	16	9
	Residential buildings with:		1 408	112 063	157	421	433	206	128	38	16	9
		One dwelling	238	33 137	3	14	44	56	69	31	12	9
		Two dwellings	154	15 636	8	21	36	55	26	4	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 016	63 290	146	386	353	95	33	3	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		9	416	5	1	2	1	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			63	5 542	5	21	14	17	3	3	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			11	488	6	3	2	-	-	-	-	-

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 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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