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, 12 AUGUST, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/6.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JUNE 2008

in June 2008, there were 989 building permits issued, which was by 9.3% less than in June 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to June 2008 was by 19.6% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In June 2008:

- by type of constructions, 87.8% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 12.2% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 75.1% of permits were issued on new constructions and 24.9% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in June 2008, it was expected for 420 dwellings with the average floor area of 88.7 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JUNE 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
VI. 2008. V. 2008.	106,5	118,7	124,6	126,9	128,7	98,5	85,5	91,5
VI. 2008. VI. 2007.	89,9	68,2	67,7	65,2	96,0	83,4	49,6	54,0
VI. 2008. Ø 2007.	91,5	91,5	83,8	85,9	102,0	39,0	68,5	72,4
I. – VI. 2008. I. – VI. 2007.	80,2	88,7	82,6	81,6	82,0	89,7	76,6	74,0

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JUNE 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
VI. 2008.
Total		989	868	121	2 087 834	1 740 748	347 086	1 420		126 017
	New constructions	743	642	101	1 529 900	1 267 651	262 249	1 284		111 394
	Reconstructions	246	226	20	557 934	473 097	84 837	136^1)		14 623^1)
I. - VI. 2008.
Total		5 057	4 518	539	12 934 421	9 321 958	3 612 463	9 885		802 822
	New constructions	3 958	3 510	448	11 092 214	7 904 195	3 188 019	9 303		746 128
	Reconstructions	1 099	1 008	91	1 842 207	1 417 763	424 444	582^1)		56 694^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JUNE 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			868	386 054	1 464 820
New buildings			642	325 184	1 193 087
	Residential buildings with:		497	169 560	494 524
		One dwelling	326	67 585	198 172
		Two dwellings	51	15 236	43 943
		Three and more dwellings	120	86 739	252 409
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		145	155 624	698 563
		Hotels and similar buildings	6	13 981	49 945
		Office buildings	10	8 396	27 185
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	19	20 762	104 780
		Traffic and communication buildings	24	17 098	56 997
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	29	48 682	286 070
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	5	6 098	33 616
		Other non-residential buildings	52	40 607	139 970
Additions (extensions)1)			137	60 870	271 733
	Residential buildings		108	19 665	58 253
	Non-residential buildings		29	41 205	213 480
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, JUNE 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			1 420	126 017	152	411	361	228	141	73	16	38
Dwellings in new buildings			1 284	111 394	145	382	327	193	128	65	16	28
	Residential buildings with:		1 270	110 376	144	377	321	192	127	65	16	28
		One dwelling	326	46 952	5	15	44	84	85	52	14	27
		Two dwellings	102	10 606	-	12	27	39	19	4	-	1
		Three and more dwellings	842	52 818	139	350	250	69	23	9	2	-
	Non-residential buildings		14	1 018	1	5	6	1	1	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			130	14  236	6	28	31	34	13	8	-	10
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings			6	387	1	1	3	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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