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, 15 SEPTEMBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/7.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JULY 2008

in July 2008, there were 897 building permits issued, which was by 4.1% more than in July 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to July 2008 was by 16.8% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In July 2008:

- by type of constructions, 86.4% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 13.6% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 81.5% of permits were issued on new constructions and 18.5% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in July 2008, it was expected for 1 564 dwellings with the average floor area of 85.7 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JULY 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
VII. 2008. VI. 2008.	89,3	72,8	73,5	67,1	100,8	501,7	110,1	106,4
VII. 2008. VII. 2007.	101,8	75,2	67,3	53,3	120,8	361,2	114,0	114,3
VII. 2008. Ø 2007.	81,7	66,7	61,6	57,6	102,9	195,8	75,4	77,0
I. – VII. 2008. I. – VII. 2007.	82,8	86,8	80,4	76,9	87,2	118,8	80,2	78,0

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JULY 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
VII. 2008.
Total		897	775	122	3 009 350	1 268 076	1 741 274	1 564		134 043
	New constructions	731	626	105	2 722 626	1 073 084	1 649 542	1 459		123 208
	Reconstructions	166	149	17	286 724	194 992	91 732	105^1)		10 835^1)
I. - VII. 2008.
Total		5 954	5 293	661	15 943 771	10 590 034	5 353 737	11 449		936 865
	New constructions	4 689	4 136	553	13 814 840	8 977 279	4 837 561	10 762		869 336
	Reconstructions	1 265	1 157	108	2 128 931	1 612 755	516 176	687^1)		67 529^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JULY 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			775	283 745	983 531
New buildings			626	258 679	896 097
	Residential buildings with:		508	197 119	586 363
		One dwelling	287	61 506	181 873
		Two dwellings	62	18 833	55 217
		Three and more dwellings	156	111 131	332 102
		Residences for communities	3	5 649	17 171
	Non-residential buildings		118	61 560	309 734
		Hotels and similar buildings	3	958	2 809
		Office buildings	10	6 598	21 334
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	16	13 434	48 360
		Traffic and communication buildings	18	978	3 841
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	29	21 923	138 642
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	6	3 841	22 755
		Other non-residential buildings	36	13 828	71 993
Additions (extensions)^1)			89	25 066	87 434
	Residential buildings		70	15 372	45 108
	Non-residential buildings		19	9 694	42 326
Conversion and improvement			60	-	-
	Residential buildings		24	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		36	-	-

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, JULY 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			1 564	134 043	217	423	481	238	103	72	18	12
Dwellings in new buildings			1 459	123 208	205	394	462	216	91	65	16	10
	Residential buildings with:		1 452	122 514	203	394	461	213	90	65	16	10
		One dwelling	287	42 811	3	20	40	78	67	55	14	10
		Two dwellings	124	12 685	5	20	45	38	5	9	2	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 041	67 018	195	354	376	97	18	1	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		7	694	2	-	1	3	1	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			100	10 338	12	26	19	21	12	6	2	2
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			5	497	-	3	-	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 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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