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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 AUGUST, 2009 NUMBER: 3.1.4/6.

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JUNE 2009

in June 2009, there were 841 building permits issued, which was by 15.0% less than in June 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to June 2009 increased by 14.6%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In June 2009:

- by type of constructions, 88.1% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 11.9% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 79.0% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.0% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in June 2009, it was expected for 1 157 dwellings with the average floor area of 94.8 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JUNE 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
VI. 2009. V. 2009.	80,2	96,7	92,5	105,1	79,4	24,6	61,3	62,8
VI. 2009. VI. 2008.	85,4	103,6	94,9	104,5	82,6	210,4	81,5	87,1
VI. 2009. Ø 2008.	81,7	92,2	85,3	100,0	86,2	48,9	56,5	66,0
I. – VI. 2009. I. – VI. 2008.	112,6	108,8	97,9	102,3	131,7	197,7	88,4	99,7

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JUNE 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
VI. 2009.
Total		841	741	100	2 534 230	1 803 810	730 420	1 157		109 705
	New constructions	664	584	80	2 195 110	1 576 074	619 036	1 055		100 174
	Reconstructions	177	157	20	339 120	227 736	111 384	102^1)		9 531^1)
I. - VI. 2009.
Total		5 797	5 087	710	17 285 960	10 142 448	7 143 512	8 740		800 281
	New constructions	4 622	4 041	581	14 766 237	8 187 857	6 578 380	8 032		736 342
	Reconstructions	1 175	1 046	129	2 519 723	1 954 591	565 132	708^1)		63 939^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JUNE 2009

	Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	741	366 513	1 530 477
New buildings	584	342 923	1 450 580
Residential buildings with:	493	160 816	479 528
One dwelling	344	68 032	201 487
Two dwellings	78	23 793	70 873
Three and more dwellings	70	58 254	169 696
Residences for communities	1	10 737	37 472
Non-residential buildings	91	182 107	971 052
Hotels and similar buildings	2	878	2 683
Office buildings	2	3 259	12 454
Wholesale and retail trade buildings	10	151 744	807 849
Traffic and communication buildings	11	563	1 818
Industrial buildings and warehouse	18	14 492	99 032
Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	4	2 680	16 162
Other non-residential buildings	44	8 491	31 054
Additions (extensions)^1)	84	23 590	79 897
Residential buildings	67	11 897	34 728
Non-residential buildings	17	11 693	45 169
Conversion and improvement	73	-	-
Residential buildings	39	-	-
Non-residential buildings	34	-	-

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, JUNE 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	1 157	109 705	128	221	373	228	129	55	20	3
Dwellings in new buildings	1 055	100 174	111	195	350	204	123	51	18	3
Residential buildings with:	1 052	99 854	111	194	350	202	123	51	18	3
One dwelling	344	47 613	12	16	58	106	87	45	17	3
Two dwellings	156	16 198	4	34	33	57	22	5	1	-
Three and more dwellings	552	36 043	95	144	259	39	14	1	-	-
Non-residential buildings	3	320	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions	96	9 078	15	24	23	22	6	4	2	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings	6	453	2	2	-	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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