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 JUNE, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/4.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, APRIL 2009

in April 2009, there were 1 073 building permits issued, which was by 13.2% more than in April 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to April 2009 increased by 23.6%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In April 2009:

- by type of constructions, 89.0% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.0% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 81.3% of permits were issued on new constructions and 18.7% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in April 2009, it was expected for 1 562 dwellings with the average floor area of 92.2 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, APRIL 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
IV. 2009. III. 2009.	98,6	121,9	94,9	92,2	88,1	69,1	96,1	95,5
IV. 2009. IV. 2008.	112,6	150,4	116,8	126,0	118,0	103,2	93,8	100,8
IV. 2009. Ø 2008.	105,2	111,3	86,5	89,5	101,7	54,8	76,2	86,6
I. – IV. 2009. I. – IV. 2008.	120,7	105,9	92,2	96,1	149,4	118,2	83,7	95,7

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, APRIL 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
IV. 2009.
Total		1 073	955	118	2 994 952	2 177 564	817 388	1 562		143 992
	New constructions	872	765	107	2 202 754	1 404 319	798 435	1 415		130 739
	Reconstructions	201	190	11	792 198	773 245	18 953	147^1)		13 253^1)
I. - IV. 2009.
Total		3 906	3 422	484	9 915 018	6 472 695	3 442 323	5 696		515 893
	New constructions	3 137	2 733	404	8 042 720	4 954 370	3 088 350	5 206		472 186
	Reconstructions	769	689	80	1 872 298	1 518 325	353 973	490^1)		43 707^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, APRIL 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			955	371 674	1 369 833
New buildings			765	300 977	1 088 357
	Residential buildings with:		628	188 754	556 424
		One dwelling	417	83 895	251 586
		Two dwellings	94	27 983	82 005
		Three and more dwellings	116	76 566	221 773
		Residences for communities	1	310	1 060
	Non-residential buildings		137	112 223	531 933
		Hotels and similar buildings	4	12 692	40 254
		Office buildings	5	2 732	8 544
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	22	22 905	75 488
		Traffic and communication buildings	28	2 137	7 069
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	25	27 634	166 782
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	15	29 346	155 490
		Other non-residential buildings	38	14 777	78 306
Additions (extensions)^1)			126	70 697	281 476
	Residential buildings		96	18 543	54 641
	Non-residential buildings		30	52 154	226 835
Conversion and improvement			64	-	-
	Residential buildings		28	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		36	-	-

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, APRIL 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			1 562	143 992	217	372	422	274	153	90	24	10
Dwellings in new buildings			1 415	130 739	191	340	387	240	142	84	22	9
	Residential buildings with:		1 361	126 449	179	337	352	240	140	82	22	9
		One dwelling	417	59 936	4	24	57	129	102	72	20	9
		Two dwellings	188	18 385	12	40	59	50	21	5	1	-
		Three and more dwellings	756	48 128	163	273	236	61	17	5	1	-
	Non-residential buildings		54	4 290	12	3	35	-	2	2	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			144	12 802	25	32	35	33	11	6	1	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			3	451	1	-	-	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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