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 JULY, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/5.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, MAY 2008

in May 2008, there were 909 building permits issued, which was by 6.0% less than in May 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to May 2008 was by 21.8% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In May 2008:

- by type of constructions, 89.7% out of the total number of permits  were issued on buildings and 10.3% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.5% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.5% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in May 2008, it was expected for 1 661 dwellings with the average floor area of 82.9 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, MAY 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
V. 2008. IV. 2008.	96,1	101,3	97,4	106,2	94,0	44,5	99,7	96,4
V. 2008. V. 2007.	95,0	125,1	104,4	113,3	86,2	86,0	96,7	95,4
V. 2008. Ø 2007.	86,0	77,1	67,3	67,7	79,3	39,6	80,1	79,1
I. – V. 2008. I. – V. 2007.	78,2	95,3	86,8	86,8	78,7	90,5	84,3	79,5

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, MAY 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
V. 2008.
Total		909	815	94	1 818 661	1 466 259	352 402	1 661		137 690
	New constructions	714	628	86	1 570 843	1 223 045	347 798	1 552		126 082
	Reconstructions	195	187	8	247 818	243 214	4 604	109^1)		11 608^1)
I. - V. 2008.
Total		4 068	3 650	418	10 846 587	7 581 210	3 265 377	8 465		676 805
	New constructions	3 215	2 868	347	9 562 314	6 636 544	2 925 770	8 019		634 734
	Reconstructions	853	782	71	1 284 273	944 666	339 607	446^1)		42 071^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, MAY 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			815	309 772	1 154 258
New buildings			628	289 195	1 080 766
	Residential buildings with:		525	186 816	557 691
		One dwelling	308	56 781	170 179
		Two dwellings	70	18 525	56 490
		Three and more dwellings	146	107 757	320 438
		Residences for communities	1	3 753	10 584
	Non-residential buildings		103	102 379	523 075
		Hotels and similar buildings	7	9 069	29 883
		Office buildings	1	130	400
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	9	21 690	165 926
		Traffic and communication buildings	15	12 301	50 707
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	27	23 044	129 459
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	6	28 672	111 272
		Other non-residential buildings	38	7 473	35 428
Additions (extensions)^1)			110	20 577	73 492
	Residential buildings		80	14 317	43 346
	Non-residential buildings		30	6 260	30 146
Conversion and improvement			77	-	-
	Residential buildings		46	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		31	-	-

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, MAY 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			1 661	137 690	229	499	390	350	114	58	12	9
Dwellings in new buildings			1 552	126 082	217	474	367	324	104	50	9	7
	Residential buildings with:		1 538	125 055	211	473	362	323	104	49	9	7
		One dwelling	308	40 695	2	33	51	83	81	42	9	7
		Two dwellings	140	13 304	10	26	39	53	7	5	-	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 090	71 056	199	414	272	187	16	2	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		14	1 027	6	1	5	1	-	1	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			97	10 874	6	23	19	26	10	8	3	2
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			12	734	6	2	4	-	-	-	-	-

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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