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, 15 APRIL, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/2.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, FEBRUARY 2009

in February 2009, there were 868 building permits issued, which was by 7.6% more than in February 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to February 2009 increased by 39.0%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In February 2009:

- by type of constructions, 86.6% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 13.4% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.6% of permits were issued onnew constructions and 21.4% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in February 2009, it was expected for 1 375 dwellings with the average floor area of 86.1 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, FEBRUARY 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
II. 2009. I. 2009.	100,8	106,2	117,3	117,5	100,0	210,1	121,3	115,1
II. 2009. II. 2008.	104,7	129,4	112,7	118,4	130,3	331,7	92,2	99,9
II. 2009. Ø 2008.	82,9	66,0	67,3	68,5	100,0	65,5	67,1	71,2
I. – II. 2009. I. – II. 2008.	135,6	132,6	117,2	124,7	165,7	76,4	101,9	112,6

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, FEBRUARY 2008

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
II. 2009.
Total		868	752	116	2 269 122	1 292 178	976 944	1 375		118 345
	New constructions	682	590	92	1 946 357	1 056 474	889 883	1 260		107 889
	Reconstructions	186	162	24	322 765	235 704	87 061	115^1)		10 456^1)
I. - II. 2009.
Total		1 730	1 498	232	3 950 236	2 508 408	1 441 828	2 509		221 123
	New constructions	1 380	1 193	187	3 250 814	1 998 566	1 252 248	2 308		202 860
	Reconstructions	350	305	45	699 422	509 842	189 580	201^1)		18 263^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, FEBRUARY 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			752	288 975	1 048 478
New buildings			590	255 893	907 663
	Residential buildings with:		481	163 696	484 048
		One dwelling	292	59 048	174 019
		Two dwellings	77	23 254	68 182
		Three and more dwellings	111	77 817	230 522
		Residences for communities	1	3 577	11 325
	Non-residential buildings		109	92 197	423 615
		Hotels and similar buildings	7	7 081	30 326
		Office buildings	3	9 577	27 151
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	16	10 821	50 507
		Traffic and communication buildings	17	1 089	3 551
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	21	25 120	142 165
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	9	18 262	86 652
		Other non-residential buildings	36	20 247	83 263
Additions (extensions)^1)			87	33 082	140 815
	Residential buildings		63	11 500	34 257
	Non-residential buildings		24	21 582	106 558
Conversion and improvement			75	-	-
	Residential buildings		38	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		37	-	-

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, FEBRUARY 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			1 375	118 345	119	400	393	263	118	50	23	9
Dwellings in new buildings			1 260	107 889	101	375	360	239	110	47	21	7
	Residential buildings with:		1 244	106 457	100	367	358	237	108	46	21	7
		One dwelling	292	40 448	3	31	36	85	73	41	18	5
		Two dwellings	154	16 082	4	16	48	53	26	5	-	2
		Three and more dwellings	798	49 927	93	320	274	99	9	-	3	-
	Non-residential buildings		16	1 432	1	8	2	2	2	1	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			91	8 244	13	23	25	16	8	3	2	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			24	2 212	5	2	8	8	-	-	-	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.        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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