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, 13 JULY, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/5.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, MAY 2009

in May 2009, there were 1 050 building permits issued, which was by 15.5% more than in May 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to May 2009 increased by 21.8%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In May 2009:

- by type of constructions, 88.0% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 12.0% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.2% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.8% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in May 2009, it was expected for 1 887 dwellings with the average floor area of 92.6 m²  to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, MAY 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
V. 2009. IV. 2009.	96,8	85,7	106,6	106,3	106,8	363,4	120,8	121,3
V. 2009. V. 2008.	113,4	127,3	127,9	126,1	134,0	843,0	113,6	126,9
V. 2009. Ø 2008.	101,8	95,4	92,2	95,2	108,6	199,0	92,1	105,1
I. – V. 2009. I. – V. 2008.	119,1	110,0	98,6	101,8	145,9	196,4	89,6	102,0

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, MAY 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
V. 2009.
Total		1 050	924	126	4 836 712	1 865 943	2 970 769	1 887		174 683
	New constructions	821	724	97	4 528 407	1 657 413	2 870 994	1 771		163 982
	Reconstructions	229	200	29	308 305	208 530	99 775	116^1)		10 701^1)
I. - V. 2009.
Total		4 956	4 346	610	14 751 730	8 338 638	6 413 092	7 583		690 576
	New constructions	3 958	3 457	501	12 571 127	6 611 783	5 959 344	6 977		636 168
	Reconstructions	998	889	109	2 180 603	1 726 855	453 748	606^1)		54 408^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, MAY 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			924	396 247	1 455 792
New buildings			724	369 563	1 357 860
	Residential buildings with:		597	220 784	638 573
		One dwelling	387	78 876	235 362
		Two dwellings	82	24 172	72 366
		Three and more dwellings	128	117 736	330 845
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		127	148 779	719 287
		Hotels and similar buildings	2	988	2 965
		Office buildings	11	22 279	75 180
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	23	83 307	446 888
		Traffic and communication buildings	27	2 844	9 913
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	13	13 898	83 696
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	12	18 444	74 764
		Other non-residential buildings	39	7 019	25 881
Additions (extensions)^1)			100	26 684	97 932
	Residential buildings		78	15 094	44 565
	Non-residential buildings		22	11 590	53 367
Conversion and improvement			100	-	-
	Residential buildings		58	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		42	-	-

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, MAY 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			1 887	174 683	217	526	416	297	316	72	36	7
Dwellings in new buildings			1 771	163 982	201	499	386	271	305	69	34	6
	Residential buildings with:		1 571	151 467	128	411	368	251	305	68	34	6
		One dwelling	387	54 652	5	33	58	95	95	65	30	6
		Two dwellings	164	16 861	10	34	29	63	21	3	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	1 020	79 954	113	344	281	93	189	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		200	12 515	73	88	18	20	-	1	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			110	10 340	16	23	28	26	11	3	2	1
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			6	361	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-

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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