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, 3 MARCH, 2008		NUMBER: 3.1.8.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, 2007

There were 12 801 building permits issued in 2007, which was by 5.7% less than in 2006.

The expected value of works for the building permits issued in 2007 amounted to 33 500 580 thousand kuna, which was by 25.5% more than in 2006.

According to the permits issued in 2007, 24 877 dwellings were planned to be built, which was by 2.5% less than in 2006.

In 2007:

-   by type of construction, 88.9% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings, and 11.1% on civil engineering works.

-   by type of works, 79.1% of permits were issued on new constructions and 20.9% on reconstructions.

1.  BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS

		Number of permits by type of constructions			Expected value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
2006.		13 575	12 135	1 440	26 682 576	19 272 373	7 410 203	25 517	2 150 055
2007.		12 801	11 378	1 423	33 500 580	22 830 532	10 670 048	24 877	2 088 495
Indices	2007.	94,3	93,8	98,8	125,5	118,5	144,0	97,5	97,1
	2006.

2.  BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, 2007

By type of constructions	Number of permits by type of works			Expected value of works, thousand kuna
	Total	New construction	Reconstructions	Total	New construction	Reconstructions
Total	12 801	10 120	2 681	33 500 580	28 952 259	4 548 321
Buildings	11 378	8 986	2 392	22 830 532	19 305 317	3 525 215
Residential buildings	8 730	7 184	1 546	11 511 925	10 625 927	885 998
Non-residential buildings	2 648	1 802	846	11 318 607	8 679 390	2 639 217
Civil engineering works	1 423	1 134	289	10 670 048	9 646 942	1 023 106
Transport infrastructure	355	235	120	7 659 507	7 101 202	558 305
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	951	809	142	2 124 149	1 858 443	265 706
Complex construction on industrial sites	27	21	6	607 556	488 502	119 054
Other civil engineering works	90	69	21	278 836	198 795	80 041

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, 2007

	Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	11 378	5 524 936	20 473 930
New buildings	8 986	5 118 421	18 907 127
Residential buildings	7 184	2 847 590	8 400 138
One-dwelling buildings	3 883	746 909	2 224 543
Two-dwelling buildings	1 185	345 672	1 025 340
Three and more dwelling buildings	2 105	1 736 360	5 093 234
Residences for communities	11	18 649	57 021
Non-residential buildings	1 802	2 270 831	10 506 989
Hotels and similar buildings	175	290 837	940 956
Office buildings	84	357 155	1 154 760
Wholesale and retail trade buildings	264	493 825	2 280 934
Traffic and communication buildings^1)	293	68 843	229 734
Industrial buildings and warehouses	357	564 416	3 508 713
Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	115	234 193	1 259 640
Other non-residential buildings^2)	514	261 562	1 132 252
Additions (extensions)^3)	1 227	406 515	1 566 803
Residential buildings	896	162 113	483 216
Non-residential buildings	331	244 402	1 083 587
Conversions and improvements	1 165	-	-
Residential buildings	650	-	-
Non-residential buildings	515	-	-

1)    Out of the total number of buildings included in this group, garages have the largest share (285 buildings and the floor area of 67 804 m²),   that is, privately-owned garages       situated beside single family houses and public garages.

2)    This group includes farm buildings, buildings for religious services, etc.

3)    Works leading to the creation of new usable entireties beside or on an already existing construction (new dwellings, space for economic activity and other spaces).

4.    DWELLINGS BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2007

	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	24 877	2 088 495	2 924	7 232	6 945	4 625	1 789	941	317	104
Dwellings in new buildings	23 469	1 964 822	2 724	6 880	6 568	4 332	1 681	882	304	98
Residential buildings	23 150	1 937 587	2 692	6 761	6 492	4 280	1 647	877	303	98
One-dwelling buildings	3 883	540 684	69	265	590	1 111	880	652	244	72
Two-dwelling buildings	2 370	238 707	75	310	772	806	249	106	36	16
Three and more dwelling buildings	16 897	1 158 196	2 548	6 186	5 130	2 363	518	119	23	10
Non-residential buildings^1)	319	27 235	32	119	76	52	34	5	1	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	1 275	114 716	160	307	348	282	102	57	13	6
Dwellings created by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	133	8 957	40	45	29	11	6	2	-	-

1) Prevailingly non-residential buildings.

5.   DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SETTLEMENT, INTENDED USE AND
      NUMBER OF FLOORS AND BY EQUIPMENT WITH CENTRAL HEATING AND KITCHEN, 2007

	Total		In residential buildings								In non-residential buildings^1)
			Total		With one dwelling		With two dwellings		With three and more dwellings
	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area,  m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area,  m^2
Total	24 877	2 088 495	24 541	2 059 583	4 604	613 601	2 672	263 085	17 265	1 182 897	336	28 912
In urban settlements	16 486	1 295 982	16 217	1 273 272	1 666	233 495	1 154	116 447	13 397	923 330	269	22 710
In other settlements	8 391	792 513	8 324	786 311	2 938	380 106	1 518	146 638	3 868	259 567	67	6 202
According to number of floors in the building
Ground-floor buildings	3 346	345 339	3 318	342 685	2 727	297 973	290	23 632	301	21 080	28	2 654
1 floor	6 466	679 134	6 388	672 516	1 802	299 897	1 930	189 402	2 656	183 217	78	6 618
2 floors	6 621	486 307	6 582	482 820	75	15 731	444	49 143	6 063	417 946	39	3 487
3 floors	2 652	179 136	2 641	178 360	-	-	8	908	2 633	177 452	11	776
4 − 5 floors	3 572	234 425	3 446	225 682	-	-	-	-	3 446	225 682	126	8 743
6 − 8 floors	1 731	124 234	1 677	117 600	-	-	-	-	1 677	117 600	54	6 634
9 and more floors	489	39 920	489	39 920	-	-	-	-	489	39 920	-	-
Number of dwellings with central heating	14 141	1 167 739	13 865	1 144 001	1 648	256 447	838	90 723	11 379	796 831	276	23 738
Number of dwellings with a kitchen larger than 4m^2	23 249	-	22 927	-	4 489	-	2 540	-	15 898	-	322	-
Number of dwellings with kitchen smaller than 4m^2	1 628	-	1 614	-	115	-	132	-	1 367	-	14	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings.

6.   EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS IN 2007, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND BY COUNTIES

Thousand kuna

	Total	Buildings		Civil engineering works
		Residential buildings	Non-residential buildings	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity  lines	Complex construction on industrial sites	Other civil engineering  works
Total	33 500 580	11 511 925	11 318 607	7 659 507	2 124 149	607 556	278 836
County of Zagreb	1 523 080	557 356	761 725	161 377	42 234	-	388
County of Krapina-Zagorje	519 437	180 196	279 933	12 153	36 070	7 350	3 735
County of Sisak-Moslavina	654 600	139 091	85 575	9 961	79 576	305 167	35 230
County of Karlovac	482 141	129 527	199 438	60 009	91 744	-	1 423
County of Varaždin	844 751	221 612	595 389	7 218	10 632	7 500	2 400
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	463 178	155 823	159 088	63 402	84 375	-	490
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	373 865	153 466	201 941	1 899	13 297	1 502	1 760
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	2 798 736	1 226 358	822 521	111 842	540 281	39 900	57 834
County of Lika-Senj	600 609	140 681	293 725	65 606	41 089	45 921	13 587
County of Virovitica-Podravina	496 492	85 998	215 239	137 697	55 696	-	1 862
County of Požega-Slavonia	177 525	60 040	71 945	15 602	29 818	-	120
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	778 270	278 028	379 354	5 077	102 686	-	13 125
County of Zadar	683 945	260 006	317 502	22 726	81 678	-	2 033
County of Osijek-Baranja	2 890 161	676 574	781 078	1 223 381	201 515	5 634	1 979
County of Šibenik-Knin	848 635	421 043	255 881	137 476	30 039	4 196	-
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	592 477	162 992	307 034	31 301	66 294	-	24 856
County of Split-Dalmatia	4 764 068	1 238 152	879 392	2 289 305	222 430	112 823	21 966
County of Istria	1 637 603	767 325	691 485	41 623	67 101	47 781	22 288
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	4 321 230	456 210	1 534 449	2 264 168	41 800	560	24 043
County of Međimurje	700 117	214 567	338 484	35 230	72 401	-	39 435
City of Zagreb	6 417 684	3 986 880	2 147 429	30 478	213 393	29 222	10 282
County not located^1)	931 976	-	-	931 976	-	-	-

1) Buildings spreading on territories of two or more counties.

7.   SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS WITH BUILDING PERMITS (new constructions and additions), 2007

	Buildings						Dwellings
	Total		Residential		Non-residential		Number	useful floor area, m^2
	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	5 524 936	20 473 930	3 009 703	8 883 354	2 515 233	11 590 576	24 877	2 088 495
County of Zagreb	460 068	1 998 730	179 251	531 149	280 817	1 467 581	1 175	132 739
County of Krapina-Zagorje	131 204	569 013	48 454	140 611	82 750	428 402	330	35 366
County of Sisak-Moslavina	57 236	193 229	38 715	115 988	18 521	77 241	307	28 457
County of Karlovac	83 817	327 828	37 684	111 009	46 133	216 819	281	25 568
County of Varaždin	196 268	1 170 022	60 064	188 140	136 204	981 882	378	41 956
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	100 581	342 242	51 399	154 460	49 182	187 782	323	38 371
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	172 181	609 774	44 921	133 274	127 260	476 500	335	30 707
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	515 477	1 693 035	329 956	986 628	185 521	706 407	2 837	222 754
County of Lika-Senj	99 118	344 252	39 743	115 833	59 375	228 419	358	27 828
County of Virovitica-Podravina	70 488	284 813	28 301	85 377	42 187	199 436	205	20 969
County of Požega-Slavonia	40 301	155 088	26 125	77 157	14 176	77 931	157	17 754
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	212 808	833 528	86 814	258 780	125 994	574 748	635	65 987
County of Zadar	142 771	627 393	71 024	213 901	71 747	413 492	656	47 724
County of Osijek-Baranja	356 393	1 364 874	174 159	521 892	182 234	842 982	1 509	116 372
County of Šibenik-Knin	154 230	688 192	94 003	271 539	60 227	416 653	923	67 299
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	142 152	575 581	55 424	167 770	86 728	407 811	417	39 021
County of Split-Dalmatia	473 225	1 614 694	311 464	891 199	161 761	723 495	2 803	197 210
County of Istria	272 096	847 585	192 212	568 113	79 884	279 472	1 531	126 488
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	302 884	962 162	114 849	340 785	188 035	621 377	922	76 417
County of Međimurje	157 267	751 557	56 867	167 782	100 400	583 775	278	46 219
City of Zagreb	1 384 371	4 520 338	968 274	2 841 967	416 097	1 678 371	8 517	683 289

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data on construction presented in this publication are collected through reporting methods using the Monthly Report on Building Permits Issued (GRAĐ-44a form).

Coverage and comparability

Monthly Report on Building Permits Issued is collected from the services in county state administration offices and the administrative organ of the City of Zagreb, which are competent for construction affairs, as well as from the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction, which issues permits for constructions specified in the Law on Construction (NN, No. 175/03) and in the Law on Amendments to the Law on Construction (NN, No. 100/04).

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 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 upkeeping 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, e.g. porches, and underground constructions, e.g. underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres 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 total 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 sum total of volumes of all roofed over space of the building, including outer walls.

Civil engineering works are all constructions not classified under buildings, e.g., roads, railways, pipelines, bridges, dams, constructions intended for sport and recreation, etc.

New construction is a newly-built structure built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Reconstructions are construction works which effect on main characteristics of already existing construction, e.g. additions and extensions, conversions and other works which significantly improve the use value of construction (e.g. capacity, quality, function) and/or which prolong or at least to 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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