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, 16 FEBRUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 3.1.4/12.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, DECEMBER 2009

in December 2009, there were 1 093 building permits issued, which was by 31.5% less than in December 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to December 2009 was by 4.4% lower as compared to the same period of 2008.

In December 2009:

-	by type of constructions, 87.3% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 12.7% on civil engineering works
-	by type of construction works, 80.0% of permits were issued on new constructions and 20.0% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in december 2009, it was expected for2 021 dwellings with the average floor area of 86. 6 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, DECEMBER 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Expected value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Expected value of works	Number	Useful floor  area
XII. 2009. XI. 2009.	114,3	137,7	123,0	122,2	101,5	63,7	135,5	129,8
XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	67,1	33,6	30,6	28,9	79,9	16,4	39,5	45,8
XII. 2009. Ø 2008.	105,1	96,3	84,3	80,0	119,8	44,3	98,6	105,3
I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.	94,7	82,1	78,1	82,0	101,9	72,2	69,2	79,3

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

Type of works		Number of permits by types 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
		XII. 2009.
Total		1 093	954	139	2 544 564	1 883 370	661 194	2 021		175 023
	New constructions	874	755	119	2 109 334	1 643 309	466 025	1 899		163 655
	Reconstructions	219	199	20	435 230	240 061	195 169	122^1)		11 368^1)
		I. – XII. 2009.
Total		11 736	10 317	1 419	32 201 579	19 272 775	12 928 804	17 018		1 581 068
	New constructions	9 353	8 195	1 158	26 879 786	15 495 409	11 384 377	15 600		1 455 127
	Reconstructions	2 383	2 122	261	5 321 793	3 777 366	1 544 427	1 418^1)		125 941^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, DECEMBER 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			954	362 080	1 224 246
New buildings			755	339 434	1 145 681
	Residential buildings with:		614	253 554	744 860
		One dwelling	369	78 376	231 259
		Two dwellings	104	29 122	85 652
		Three and more dwellings	140	144 411	422 606
		Residences for communities	1	1 645	5 343
	Non-residential buildings		141	85 880	400 821
		Hotels and similar buildings	11	4 425	13 504
		Office buildings	5	3 384	12 107
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	13	26 317	144 296
		Traffic and communication buildings	38	4 182	24 311
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	19	13 540	63 875
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	9	17 765	81 707
		Other non-residential buildings	46	16 267	61 021
Additions (extensions)^1)			98	22 646	78 565
	Residential buildings		71	14 212	42 175
	Non-residential buildings		27	8 434	36 390
Conversion and improvement			101	-	-
	Residential buildings		48	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		53	-	-

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, DECEMBER 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			2 021	175 023	225	540	590	398	167	72	21	8
Dwellings in new buildings			1 899	163 655	212	507	569	361	160	63	19	8
	Residential buildings with:		1 890	162 950	209	506	567	358	160	63	19	8
		One dwelling	369	52 525	5	34	46	109	89	60	18	8
		Two dwellings	208	19 296	19	42	56	67	22	2	-	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 313	91 129	185	430	465	182	49	1	1	-
	Non-residential buildings		9	705	3	1	2	3	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			94	9 421	7	24	17	30	6	9	1	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings			28	1 947	6	9	4	7	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)
m^2	square metre
m^3	cubic metre
NN	Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
‘000	thousand

Symbols

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