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, 12 MAY, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, MARCH 2009

in March 2009, there were 1 103 building permits issued, which was by 14.2% more than in March 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to March 2009 increased by 28.1%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In March 2009:

- by type of constructions, 87.9% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 12.1% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 80.2% of permits were issued on new constructions and 19.8% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in March 2009, it was expected for 1 625 dwellings with the average floor area of 92.8 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, MARCH 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
III. 2009. II. 2009.	128,9	138,3	135,5	141,6	115,5	121,1	118,2	127,4
III. 2009. III. 2008.	109,9	64,4	61,8	63,3	159,5	503,7	60,7	75,4
III. 2009. Ø 2008.	106,8	91,3	91,1	97,1	115,5	79,3	79,3	90,7
I. – III. 2009. I. – III. 2008.	124,2	92,0	85,0	87,8	163,4	123,8	80,5	93,8

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, MARCH 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
III. 2009.
Total		1 103	969	134	2 969 830	1 786 723	1 183 107	1 625		150 778
	New constructions	885	775	110	2 589 152	1 551 485	1 037 667	1 483		138 587
	Reconstructions	218	194	24	380 678	235 238	145 440	142^1)		12 191^1)
I. - III. 2009.
Total		2 833	2 467	366	6 920 066	4 295 131	2 624 935	4 134		371 901
	New constructions	2 265	1 968	297	5 839 966	3 550 051	2 289 915	3 791		341 447
	Reconstructions	568	499	69	1 080 100	745 080	335 020	343^1)		30 454^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, MARCH 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			969	391 577	1 485 020
New buildings			775	359 945	1 379 520
	Residential buildings with:		642	210 824	617 645
		One dwelling	428	88 226	260 788
		Two dwellings	78	22 703	66 259
		Three and more dwellings	136	99 895	290 598
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		133	149 121	761 875
		Hotels and similar buildings	3	24 365	88 024
		Office buildings	11	14 670	47 345
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	17	44 832	266 793
		Traffic and communication buildings	21	1 807	7 018
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	21	36 864	239 430
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	9	12 563	50 358
		Other non-residential buildings	51	14 020	62 907
Additions (extensions)^1)			102	31 632	105 500
	Residential buildings		75	14 999	43 167
	Non-residential buildings		27	16 633	62 333
Conversion and improvement			92	-	-
	Residential buildings		38	-	-
	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 TYPE OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, MARCH 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			1 625	150 778	192	462	350	306	174	106	26	9
Dwellings in new buildings			1 483	138 587	164	438	315	273	157	101	26	9
	Residential buildings with:		1 466	137 587	159	432	312	270	157	101	26	9
		One dwelling	428	63 088	8	22	57	111	104	93	24	9
		Two dwellings	156	16 080	6	28	39	48	27	6	2	-
		Three and more dwellings	882	58 419	145	382	216	111	26	2	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		17	1 000	5	6	3	3	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			141	12 047	28	24	35	32	17	5	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			1	144	-	-	-	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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