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, 14 JANUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 3.1.4/11.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, NOVEMBER 2009

in November 2009, there were 972 building permits issued, which was by 15.3% less than in November 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to November 2009 was by 0.4% lower as compared to the same period of 2008.

In November 2009:

- by type of constructions, 85.9% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 14.1% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 82.2% of permits were issued on new constructions and 17.8% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in November 2009, it was expected for 1 491 dwellings with the average floor area of 90.4 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, NOVEMBER 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
XI. 2009. X. 2009.	85,7	95,2	94,5	85,2	97,9	57,9	105,1	100,7
XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	83,8	86,6	79,3	80,1	91,3	162,3	79,6	87,0
XI. 2009. Ø 2008.	92,0	69,9	68,5	65,6	118,1	69,6	72,8	81,1
I. – XI. 2009. I. – XI. 2008.	98,9	97,3	92,3	98,0	105,1	88,4	77,0	87,2

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, NOVEMBER 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
XI. 2009.
Total		972	835	137	2 405 657	1 367 404	1 038 253	1 491		134 847
	New constructions	799	678	121	2 163 444	1 163 536	999 908	1 381		125 394
	Reconstructions	173	157	16	242 213	203 868	38 345	110^1)		9 453^1)
I. – XI. 2009.
Total		10 643	9 363	1 280	29 657 015	17 389 405	12 267 610	14 997		1 406 045
	New constructions	8 479	7 440	1 039	24 770 452	13 852 100	10 918 352	13 701		1 291 472
	Reconstructions	2 164	1 923	241	4 886 563	3 537 305	1 349 258	1 296^1)		114 573^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, NOVEMBER 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			835	294 353	1 001 757
New buildings			678	268 535	919 379
	Residential buildings with:		562	194 161	577 643
		One dwelling	357	73 985	220 021
		Two dwellings	78	23 259	68 902
		Three and more dwellings	125	86 596	257 401
		Residences for communities	2	10 321	31 319
	Non-residential buildings		116	74 374	341 736
		Hotels and similar buildings	7	2 080	6 548
		Office buildings	4	7 450	45 032
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	18	14 523	58 032
		Traffic and communication buildings	19	1 507	5 156
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	23	32 236	144 586
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	6	6 584	43 081
		Other non-residential buildings	39	9 994	39 301
Additions (extensions)^1)			80	25 818	82 378
	Residential buildings		58	11 808	34 253
	Non-residential buildings		22	14 010	48 125
Conversion and improvement			77	-	-
	Residential buildings		44	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		33	-	-

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, NOVEMBER 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			1 491	134 847	218	402	310	286	159	89	23	4
Dwellings in new buildings			1 381	125 394	203	370	280	266	151	84	23	4
	Residential buildings with:		1 368	124 285	199	368	277	265	148	84	23	4
		One dwelling	357	51 267	7	32	52	88	78	75	21	4
		Two dwellings	156	15 960	5	29	33	66	18	3	2	-
		Three and more dwellings	855	57 058	187	307	192	111	52	6	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		13	1 109	4	2	3	1	3	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			96	8 605	9	28	28	19	7	5	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings			14	848	6	4	2	1	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

Symbols

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