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 NOVEMBER, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.4/9.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, SEPTEMBER 2008

in September 2008, there were 1 345 building permits issued, which was by 15.9% more than in September 2007.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to September 2008 was by 10.9% lower, as compared to the same period of 2007.

In September 2008:

- by type of constructions, 88.5% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.5% 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 September 2008, it was expected for 2 393 dwellings with the average floor area of 81.6 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, SEPTEMBER 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
IX. 2008. VIII. 2008.	138,7	84,7	126,4	114,7	136,0	109,3	157,5	147,5
IX. 2008. IX. 2007.	116,1	91,8	89,3	79,0	114,8	953,4	116,9	110,6
IX. 2008. Ø 2007.	125,5	92,1	92,9	85,3	130,7	406,2	115,4	112,2
I. – IX. 2008. I. – IX. 2007.	88,6	92,9	82,8	78,7	93,2	241,5	85,7	83,6

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, SEPTEMBER 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
IX. 2008.
Total		1 345	1 190	155	5 363 684	1 752 296	3 611 388	2 393		195 308
	New constructions	1 096	962	134	5 058 164	1 492 999	3 565 165	2 232		181 217
	Reconstructions	249	228	21	305 520	259 297	46 223	161^1)		14 091^1)
I. - IX. 2008.
Total		8 271	7 341	930	26 680 213	14 410 428	12 269 785	15 361		1 264 596
	New constructions	6 543	5 764	779	23 407 465	11 799 147	11 608 318	14 379		1 171 460
	Reconstructions	1 728	1 577	151	3 272 748	2 611 281	661 467	982^1)		93 136^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, SEPTEMBER 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			1 190	427 952	1 455 653
New buildings			962	395 798	1 348 359
	Residential buildings with:		789	288 506	855 909
		One dwelling	442	87 773	263 208
		Two dwellings	138	36 599	105 785
		Three and more dwellings	207	143 993	428 795
		Residences for communities	2	20 141	58 121
	Non-residential buildings		173	107 292	492 450
		Hotels and similar buildings	8	4 767	14 621
		Office buildings	10	23 583	104 364
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	39	18 671	84 789
		Traffic and communication buildings	28	2 154	6 580
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	29	24 148	130 560
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	11	10 463	42 510
		Other non-residential buildings	48	23 506	109 026
Additions (extensions)^1)			136	32 154	107 294
	Residential buildings		97	17 111	51 091
	Non-residential buildings		39	15 043	56 203
Conversion and improvement			92	-	-
	Residential buildings		51	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		41	-	-

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, SEPTEMBER 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			2 393	195 308	330	726	683	341	185	92	27	9
Dwellings in new buildings			2 232	181 217	316	689	624	316	167	84	27	9
	Residential buildings with:		2 212	179 859	313	681	617	315	167	83	27	9
		One dwelling	442	60 873	10	32	64	120	109	78	21	8
		Two dwellings	276	26 365	4	63	99	70	33	3	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 494	92 621	299	586	454	125	25	2	2	1
	Non-residential buildings		20	1 358	3	8	7	1	-	1	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			148	12 863	14	37	54	19	16	8	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings			13	1 228	-	-	5	6	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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