FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 1 DECEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

USE PERMITS ISSUED, 2008

There were 7 825 use permits issued in 2008, which was by 84.3% more than in 2007.

In 2008:

-     by type of constructions, 88.5% out of the total number of use permits were issued on buildings and 11.5% on civil engineering works.

-     by type of works, 87.7% of use permits were issued on new constructions and 12.3% on reconstructions.

1.    USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS

		Total	Number of use permits by type of constructions and type of works				Dwellings
			Buildings		Civil engineering works		Number	Useful floor area, m^2
			New constructions	Reconstructions	New constructions	Reconstructions
2007.		4 246	3 074	502	527	143	11 957	845 890
2008.		7 825	6 152	773	710	190	20 119	1 490 340
Indices	2008.   2007.	184,3	200,1	154,0	134,7	132,9	168,3	176,2

2.   USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, 2008

By type of constructions	Number of use permits, by type of works
	Total	New constructions	Reconstructions
			Additions	Other reconstructions
Total	7 825	6 862	266	697
Buildings	6 925	6 152	222	551
Residential buildings	4 695	4 532	10	153
Non-residential buildings	2 230	1 620	212	398
Civil engineering works	900	710	44	146
Transport infrastructure	160	97	2	61
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	687	570	41	76
Complex constructions on industrial sites	22	15	-	7
Other civil engineering works	31	28	1	2

3.   USE PERMITS ISSUED FOR BUILDINGS, 2008

	Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	6 925	4 041 623	14 419 726
New buildings	6 152	3 851 569	13 631 525
Residential buildings	4 532	2 116 021	6 331 870
With one dwelling	1 736	277 667	845 761
With two dwellings	991	275 775	826 774
With three and more dwellings	1 794	1 542 448	4 597 579
Residences for communities	11	20 131	61 756
Non-residential buildings	1 620	1 735 548	7 299 655
Hotels and similar buildings	116	77 083	260 909
Office buildings	138	148 999	516 775
Wholesale and retail trade buildings	480	572 850	2 452 770
Traffic and communication buildings	73	29 477	99 752
Industrial buildings and warehouses	439	620 282	2 716 827
Public entertainment, education, hospital or         institutional care buildings	69	110 200	491 325
Other non-residential buildings	305	176 657	761 297
Additions (extensions)^1)	222	190 054	788 201
Residential buildings	10	7 703	22 511
Non-residential buildings	212	182 351	765 690
Conversions and improvements	551	-	-
Residential buildings	153	-	-
Non-residential buildings	398	-	-

1)    Works leading to the creation of new usable entireties beside or on already existing constructions (new dwellings, spaces for economic activity and other spaces)

4.   DWELLINGS, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, 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	20 119	1 490 340	2 878	6 770	6 050	3 247	1 147	25	2	-
Dwellings in new buildings	20 088	1 487 609	2 877	6 765	6 037	3 236	1 146	25	2	-
Residential buildings	19 931	1 474 061	2 855	6 731	5 995	3 190	1 133	25	2	-
With one dwelling	1 736	200 581	31	84	432	724	455	9	1	-
With two dwellings	1 982	196 159	42	160	604	827	343	6	-	-
With three and more dwellings	16 213	1 077 321	2 782	6 487	4 959	1 639	335	10	1	-
Non-residential buildings^1)	157	13 548	22	34	42	46	13	-	-	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	7	656	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-
Dwellings created by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	24	2 075	1	5	8	9	1	-	-	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings

5.   DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH USE PERMITS WERE ISSUED, BY TYPE OF SETTLEMENT, INTENDED USE AND
      NUMBER OF FLOORS AND BY WHETHER DWELLING IS EQUIPPED WITH CENTRAL HEATING AND KITCHEN, 2008

	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	20 119	1 490 340	19 960	1 476 621	1 752	202 120	1 990	196 760	16 218	1 077 741	159	13 719
In urban settlements	14 239	1 032 366	14 155	1 025 017	762	89 910	992	98 520	12 401	836 587	84	7 349
In other settlements	5 880	457 974	5 805	451 604	990	112 210	998	98 240	3 817	241 154	75	6 370
Number of dwellings with central heating	12 411	921 418	12 284	910 365	921	112 001	1 118	113 392	10 245	684 972	127	11 053
Number of dwellings with kitchen larger than 4 m^2	18 108	-	17 961	-	1 705	-	1 931	-	14 325	-	147	-
Number of dwellings with kitchen smaller than 4 m^2	2 011	-	1 999	-	47	-	59	-	1 893	-	12	-
According to the number of floors in the building (dwellings in new buildings)	20 088	1 487 609	19 929	1 473 890	1 721	199 389	1 990	196 760	16 218	1 077 741	159	13 719
Ground floor	832	85 767	822	84 960	822	84 960	-	-	-	-	10	807
1 floor	3 227	328 864	3 131	320 082	845	108 375	1 628	158 853	658	52 854	96	8 782
2 floors	6 179	439 981	6 140	436 930	54	6 054	350	36 503	5 736	394 373	39	3 051
3 floors	4 143	264 903	4 134	264 108	-	-	12	1 404	4 122	262 704	9	795
4 – 5 floors	3 491	230 684	3 486	230 400	-	-	-	-	3 486	230 400	5	284
6 – 8 floors	2 088	127 941	2 088	127 941	-	-	-	-	2 088	127 941	-	-
9 floors and over	128	9 469	128	9 469	-	-	-	-	128	9 469	-	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings 

6.   NUMBER OF USE PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, BY COUNTIES, 2008

	Total	By type of constructions
		Buildings		Civil engineering works				By type of works
		Residential buildings	Non-residential buildings	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	Complex construction on industrial sites	Other civil engineering works	New constructions	Reconstructions
Total	7 825	4 695	2 230	160	687	22	31	6 862	963
County of Zagreb	428	312	111	3	2	-	-	413	15
County of Krapina-Zagorje	315	134	142	10	23	-	6	244	71
County of Sisak-Moslavina	203	67	89	4	36	6	1	178	25
County of Karlovac	171	75	82	4	10	-	-	138	33
County of Varaždin	349	168	168	2	11	-	-	289	60
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	407	173	148	7	79	-	-	305	102
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	239	89	114	1	33	-	2	209	30
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	888	677	138	26	37	4	6	813	75
County of Lika-Senj	290	247	29	4	9	-	1	272	18
County of Virovitica-Podravina	186	79	78	5	23	-	1	162	24
County of Požega-Slavonia	90	37	48	-	5	-	-	76	14
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	225	133	86	2	4	-	-	207	18
County of Zadar	112	51	26	8	25	-	2	99	13
County of Osijek-Baranja	747	305	270	41	125	6	-	576	171
County of Šibenik-Knin	230	185	33	5	5	1	1	222	8
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	495	240	160	5	88	-	2	438	57
County of Split-Dalmatia	392	257	89	13	30	3	-	351	41
County of Istria	737	560	120	8	45	1	3	681	56
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	227	168	40	5	11	-	3	190	37
County of Međimurje	318	134	137	4	39	1	3	258	60
City of Zagreb	776	604	122	3	47	-	-	741	35

7.   SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS FOR WHICH USE PERMITS WERE ISSUED (new buildings and additions),
      BY COUNTIES, 2008

	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	4 041 623	14  419 726	2 123 724	6 354 381	1 917 899	8 065 345	20 119	1 490 340
County of Zagreb	298 170	1 173 120	107 119	321 217	191 051	851 903	902	70 694
County of Krapina-Zagorje	104 126	364 098	36 010	109 478	68 116	254 620	255	24 102
County of Sisak-Moslavina	63 400	212 924	16 609	49 610	46 791	163 314	128	11 651
County of Karlovac	61 930	233 260	25 926	78 597	36 004	154 663	254	17 877
County of Varaždin	178 419	705 718	56 619	178 555	121 800	527 163	475	40 906
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	101 610	372 883	28 383	87 699	73 227	285 184	207	21 422
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	71 395	279 067	26 040	76 756	45 355	202 311	208	18 066
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	376 314	1 216 345	258 200	764 013	118 114	452 332	2 440	188 555
County of Lika-Senj	101 890	333 289	86 607	261 689	15 283	71 600	1 186	63 812
County of Virovitica-Podravina	57 794	242 873	20 224	59 625	37 570	183 248	202	15 084
County of Požega-Slavonia	36 198	153 407	11 875	36 754	24 323	116 653	65	6 754
County of Slavonski Brod-posavina	59 923	216 356	30 430	91 218	29 493	125 138	148	16 841
County of Zadar	46 649	158 215	13 425	39 344	33 224	118 871	124	9 821
County of Osijek-Baranja	352 561	1 436 643	149 265	468 137	203 296	968 506	1 377	98 318
County of Šibenik-Knin	235 772	779 365	101 818	300 947	133 954	478 418	1 024	78 313
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	181 200	756 764	89 278	276 369	91 922	480 395	832	61 297
County of Split-Dalmatia	366 108	1 222 615	229 119	666 165	136 989	556 450	2 197	156 013
County of Istria	289 064	938 871	209 941	628 452	79 123	310 419	1 899	147 910
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	82 443	287 766	53 637	158 474	28 806	129 292	480	40 954
County of Međimurje	128 358	550 297	38 609	117 343	89 749	432 954	259	29 749
City of Zagreb	848 299	2 785 850	534 590	1 583 939	313 709	1 201 911	5 457	372 201

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data presented in this publication are collected through reporting methods using the Annual Report on Use Permits Issued (GRAĐ-44b form).

Coverage and comparability

The Annual Report on Use 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, who issue documents, specified in the Physical Planning and Building Act (NN, No. 76/07), by which the approval for the use of buildings is granted.

When using data published in this release, it should be kept in mind that, according to the Construction Act (NN, No. 175/03), only issued data on use permits were collected by this Survey, while according to the new Physical Planning and Building Act (NN, No. 76/07), the use of buildings is granted by issuing other documents as well, such as confirmation of a competent administrative body received a final report prepared by the supervising engineer on the construction of the construction work, a decision on the as-built state, a certificate of the as-built state and certificates for use. As it was made possible, according to the Physical Planning and Building Act (Article 333), that on the basis of a building permit issued in the period from 20 June 1991 to 30 September 2007 constructed constructed works may be entered into the cadastral operate solely on the basis of a use certificate, 2008 saw a significant increase in the number of issued use permits for which those decisions were issued.

Data on type of constructions and works are classified according to the National Classification of Types of Construction – 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 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, 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 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 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 that affect main characteristics of already existing constructions, e.g. additions and extensions, conversions and other works, which may significantly improve the use value of a construction (e.g. capacity, quality, function) and/or prolong or at least restore its duration.

Abbreviations

e.g. for example (from Latin: exempli gratia)

etc. and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

m²     square metre

m³     cubic metre

NN  Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

Symbols

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