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, 10 DECEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/10.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, OCTOBER 2009

in October 2009, there were 1 114 building permits issued, which was by 12.1% less than in October 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to October 2009 increased by 1.4%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In October 2009:

- by type of constructions, 87.4% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 12.6% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 77.9% of permits were issued on new constructions and 22.1% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in October 2009, it was expected for 1 419 dwellings with the average floor area of 94.4 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, OCTOBER 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
X. 2009. IX. 2009.	114,7	105,9	116,9	98,1	103,7	217,9	127,8	119,3
X. 2009. X. 2008.	86,2	76,5	69,9	75,8	101,4	184,4	63,6	69,6
X. 2009. Ø 2008.	107,3	73,4	72,5	76,9	120,7	120,2	69,3	80,6
I. – X. 2009. I. – X. 2008.	100,7	98,4	93,6	99,8	107,0	84,8	76,8	87,2

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, OCTOBER 2009

Type of works		Number of permits by types of constructions			Value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
X. 2009.
Total		1 114	974	140	3 231 117	1 436 419	1 794 698	1 419		133 944
	New constructions	868	760	108	2 795 500	1 105 604	1 689 896	1 269		122 231
	Reconstructions	246	214	32	435 617	330 815	104 802	150^1)		11 713^1)
I. – X. 2009.
Total		9 671	8 528	1 143	27 251 358	16 022 001	11 229 357	13 506		1 271 198
	New constructions	7 680	6 762	918	22 607 008	12 688 564	9 918 444	12 320		1 166 078
	Reconstructions	1 991	1 766	225	4 644 350	3 333 437	1 310 913	1 186^1)		105 120^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, OCTOBER 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			974	311 517	1 175 864
New buildings			760	270 829	1 018 366
	Residential buildings with:		606	178 536	528 809
		One dwelling	395	81 171	241 156
		Two dwellings	84	24 541	73 403
		Three and more dwellings	127	72 824	214 250
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		154	92 293	489 557
		Hotels and similar buildings	9	5 748	17 032
		Office buildings	8	5 246	17 202
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	18	33 439	232 579
		Traffic and communication buildings	31	1 924	6 183
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	23	23 306	128 974
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	12	5 976	19 030
		Other non-residential buildings	53	16 654	68 557
Additions (extensions)^1)			96	40 688	157 498
	Residential buildings		69	13 285	39 631
	Non-residential buildings		27	27 403	117 867
Conversion and improvement			118	-	-
	Residential buildings		64	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		54	-	-

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 TYPES OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, OCTOBER 2009

			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			1 419	133 944	144	376	334	304	154	79	26	2
Dwellings in new buildings			1 269	122 231	111	325	314	273	141	77	26	2
	Residential buildings with:		1 260	121 477	109	325	309	272	141	76	26	2
		One dwelling	395	55 564	7	31	67	103	99	65	23	-
		Two dwellings	168	17 226	10	27	35	63	19	9	3	2
		Three and more dwellings	697	48 687	92	267	207	106	23	2	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		9	754	2	-	5	1	-	1	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			116	9 489	20	39	16	27	12	2	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			34	2 224	13	12	4	4	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

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

 ‘000       thousand

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