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, 11 MARCH, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/1.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JANUARY 2009

in January 2009, there were 862 building permits issued, which was by 96.8% more than in January 2008.

In January 2009:

- by type of constructions, 86.5% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 13.5% on civil engineering works;

- by type of construction works, 81.0% of permits were issued on new constructions and 19.0% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in January 2009, it was expected for 1 134 dwellings with the average floor area of 90.6 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JANUARY 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works, thousand kuna	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Number	Value of works, thousand kuna	Number	Useful floor  area,  m^2
I. 2009. XII. 2008.	52,5	21,7	20,8	21,1	66,7	11,5	22,1	26,9
I. 2009. I. 2008.	192,8	136,0	123,0	133,0	227,5	29,2	116,8	132,1
I. 2009. Ø 2008.	82,2	62,2	57,3	58,3	100,0	31,1	55,4	61,8

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JANUARY 2009

Type of works		Number of permits by type of constructions			Value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
I. 2009.
Total		862	746	116	1 681 114	1 216 230	464 884	1 134		102 778
	New constructions	698	603	95	1 304 457	942 092	362 365	1 048		94 971
	Reconstructions	164	143	21	376 657	274 138	102 519	86^1)		7 807^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JANUARY 2008

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			746	246 379	892 596
New buildings			603	220 048	797 775
	Residential buildings with:		478	138 850	412 235
		One dwelling	313	59 926	180 554
		Two dwellings	70	19 998	59 987
		Three and more dwellings	93	57 968	168 911
		Residences for communities	2	958	2 783
	Non-residential buildings		125	81 198	385 540
		Hotels and similar buildings	8	3 557	10 409
		Office buildings	5	12 787	39 449
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	20	27 771	136 577
		Traffic and communication buildings	24	1 776	6 016
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	14	13 078	88 218
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	12	13 598	70 880
		Other non-residential buildings	42	8 631	33 991
Additions (extensions)^1)			74	26 331	94 821
	Residential buildings		54	9 896	30 438
	Non-residential buildings		20	16 435	64 383
Conversion and improvement			69	-	-
	Residential buildings		29	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		40	-	-

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 TYPE OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, JANUARY 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			1 134	102 778	153	298	279	240	90	45	20	9
Dwellings in new buildings			1 048	94 971	137	287	252	217	86	42	19	8
	Residential buildings with:		1 024	92 809	135	278	247	213	84	40	19	8
		One dwelling	313	41 127	6	32	55	95	60	39	18	8
		Two dwellings	140	13 678	4	24	41	56	13	1	1	-
		Three and more dwellings	571	38 004	125	222	151	62	11	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		24	2 162	2	9	5	4	2	2	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			78	7 008	15	9	25	21	3	3	1	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings			8	799	1	2	2	2	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

m²              square metre

m³              cubic metre

NN        Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic
              of Croatia

‘000      thousand

Symbols

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