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 JUNE, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/4.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, APRIL 2008

in April 2008, there were 948 building permits issued, which was by 10.2% less than in April 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to April 2008 was by 25.4% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In April 2008:

- by type of constructions, 89.5% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 10.5% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 79.1% of permits were issued on new constructions and 20.9% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in April 2008, it was expected for 1 666 dwellings with the average floor area of 85.7 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, APRIL 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
IV. 2008. III. 2008.	96,1	52,2	50,2	46,4	119,0	337,1	62,3	71,4
IV. 2008. IV. 2007.	90,6	66,9	66,6	60,4	83,3	74,4	73,9	75,9
IV. 2008. Ø 2007.	89,4	76,1	69,1	63,7	84,3	89,1	80,4	82,1
I. – IV. 2008. I. – IV. 2007.	74,4	90,1	83,7	82,3	76,8	91,0	81,7	76,3

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, APRIL 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
IV. 2008.
Total		948	848	100	2 239 735	1 447 894	791 841	1 666		142 820
	New constructions	750	673	77	1 939 710	1 234 242	705 468	1 571		133 632
	Reconstructions	198	175	23	300 025	213 652	86 373	95^1)		9 188^1)
I. - IV. 2008.
Total		3 159	2 835	324	9 027 926	6 114 951	2 912 975	6 804		539 115
	New constructions	2 501	2 240	261	7 991 471	5 413 499	2 577 972	6 467		508 652
	Reconstructions	658	595	63	1 036 455	701 452	335 003	337^1)		30 463^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, APRIL 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			848	318 154	1 087 150
New buildings			673	289 750	978 937
	Residential buildings with:		545	194 873	581 837
		One dwelling	333	61 244	183 397
		Two dwellings	79	22 579	67 200
		Three and more dwellings	132	110 712	330 226
		Residences for communities	1	338	1 014
	Non-residential buildings		128	94 877	397 100
		Hotels and similar buildings	9	4 281	13 047
		Office buildings	7	22 955	73 281
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	20	24 400	110 506
		Traffic and communication buildings	21	14 615	60 698
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	17	12 874	83 143
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	8	7 191	23 025
		Other non-residential buildings	46	8 561	33 400
Additions (extensions)^1)			101	28 404	108 213
	Residential buildings		70	12 901	39 027
	Non-residential buildings		31	15 503	69 186
Conversion and improvement			74	-	-
	Residential buildings		50	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		24	-	-

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, APRIL 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			1 666	142 820	199	400	562	271	158	46	17	13
Dwellings in new buildings			1 571	133 632	189	373	537	258	148	39	15	12
	Residential buildings with:		1 555	132 182	186	368	534	255	146	39	15	12
		One dwelling	333	44 215	7	29	59	92	88	38	11	9
		Two dwellings	158	15 648	5	17	53	61	18	-	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 064	72 319	174	322	422	102	40	1	-	3
	Non-residential buildings		16	1 450	3	5	3	3	2	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			88	8 506	10	26	20	13	10	6	2	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			7	682	-	1	5	-	-	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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