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, 13 OCTOBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/8.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, AUGUST 2008

in August 2008, there were 972 building permits issued, which was by 0.3% less than in August 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to August 2008 was by 14.8% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In August 2008:

- by type of constructions, 88.3% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.7% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.0% of permits were issued on new constructions and 22.0% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in August 2008, it was expected for 1 519 dwellings with the average floor area of 87.2 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, AUGUST 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
VIII. 2008. VII. 2008.	110,7	163,1	119,3	129,1	93,4	189,8	97,1	98,8
VIII. 2008. VIII. 2007.	98,6	146,3	94,4	92,5	108,6	^1)	95,1	99,1
VIII. 2008. Ø 2007.	90,5	108,7	73,4	74,4	96,1	371,7	73,3	76,1
I. – VIII. 2008. I. – VIII. 2007.	84,7	93,0	81,9	78,6	89,8	184,1	81,7	80,1

1)    The index exceeds 999.

2.  BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, AUGUST 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
VIII. 2008.
Total		972	858	114	5 372 758	2 068 098	3 304 660	1 519		132 423
	New constructions	758	666	92	4 534 461	1 328 869	3 205 592	1 385		120 907
	Reconstructions	214	192	22	838 297	739 229	99 068	134^1)		11 516^1)
I. - VIII. 2008.
Total		6 926	6 151	775	21 316 529	12 658 132	8 658 397	12 968		1 069 288
	New constructions	5 447	4 802	645	18 349 301	10 306 148	8 043 153	12 147		990 243
	Reconstructions	1 479	1 349	130	2 967 228	2 351 984	615 244	821^1)		79 045^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, AUGUST 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			858	338 528	1 269 273
New buildings			666	301 453	1 122 465
	Residential buildings with:		532	175 871	515 038
		One dwelling	354	67 959	201 983
		Two dwellings	64	18 563	53 916
		Three and more dwellings	113	88 965	258 062
		Residences for communities	1	384	1 077
	Non-residential buildings		134	125 582	607 427
		Hotels and similar buildings	7	25 090	71 902
		Office buildings	5	4 438	14 227
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	31	37 146	203 207
		Traffic and communication buildings	22	1 985	5 905
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	16	11 717	71 637
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	8	14 973	90 736
		Other non-residential buildings	45	30 233	149 813
Additions (extensions)^1)			114	37 075	146 808
	Residential buildings		86	15 364	44 891
	Non-residential buildings		28	21 711	101 917
Conversion and improvement			78	-	-
	Residential buildings		32	-	-
	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, AUGUST 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			1 519	132 423	192	439	388	264	131	75	23	7
Dwellings in new buildings			1 385	120 907	169	409	356	230	122	70	23	6
	Residential buildings with:		1 374	119 761	167	407	353	229	121	70	21	6
		One dwelling	354	47 003	8	31	47	106	86	49	21	6
		Two dwellings	128	12 336	3	28	44	36	14	3	-	-
		Three and more dwellings	892	60 422	156	348	262	87	21	18	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		11	1 146	2	2	3	1	1	-	2	-
			125	10 918	19	28	31	32	9	5	-	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			9	598	4	2	1	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 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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