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 SEPTEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/7.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, JULY 2009

in July 2009, there were 931 building permits issued, which was by 3.8% more than in July 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to July 2009 increased by 13.0%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In July 2009:

- by type of constructions, 89.8% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 10.2% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 81.0% of permits were issued on new constructions and 19.0% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in July 2009, it was expected for 1 078 dwellings with the average floor area of 102.3 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, JULY 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
VII. 2009. VI. 2009.	112,8	77,8	84,2	76,9	95,0	110,1	93,2	100,5
VII. 2009. VII. 2008.	107,9	110,7	108,7	119,7	77,9	46,2	68,9	82,2
VII. 2009. Ø 2008.	92,1	71,7	71,8	76,9	81,9	53,9	52,6	66,3
I. – VII. 2009. I. – VII. 2008.	111,9	109,0	99,2	104,3	121,8	148,5	85,8	97,2

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, JULY 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
VII. 2009.
Total		931	836	95	2 207 899	1 403 593	804 306	1 078		110 224
	New constructions	754	683	71	1 761 498	1 066 129	695 369	1 000		102 852
	Reconstructions	177	153	24	446 401	337 464	108 937	78^1)		7 372^1)
I. - VII. 2009.
Total		6 728	5 923	805	19 493 859	11 546 041	7 947 818	9 818		910 505
	New constructions	5 376	4 724	652	16 527 735	9 253 986	7 273 749	9 032		839 194
	Reconstructions	1 352	1 199	153	2 966 124	2 292 055	674 069	786^1)		71 311^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, JULY 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			836	308 459	1 177 042
New buildings			683	288 716	1 112 302
	Residential buildings with:		559	151 166	448 481
		One dwelling	390	77 879	233 170
		Two dwellings	83	24 616	71 218
		Three and more dwellings	85	46 359	136 993
		Residences for communities	1	2 312	7 100
	Non-residential buildings		124	137 550	663 821
		Hotels and similar buildings	6	3 751	11 931
		Office buildings	2	709	2 159
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	23	75 040	351 546
		Traffic and communication buildings	26	8 906	48 458
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	19	21 199	108 915
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	5	6 399	36 707
		Other non-residential buildings	43	21 546	104 105
Additions (extensions)1)			73	19 743	64 740
	Residential buildings		53	9 738	28 634
	Non-residential buildings		20	10 005	36 106
Conversion and improvement			80	-	-
	Residential buildings		33	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		47	-	-

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, JULY 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			1 078	110 224	108	264	232	242	112	92	23	5
Dwellings in new buildings			1 000	102 852	100	246	205	227	106	90	21	5
	Residential buildings with:		995	102 401	99	245	205	225	105	90	21	5
		One dwelling	390	55 903	7	31	51	119	81	79	17	5
		Two dwellings	166	17 519	5	29	55	45	18	10	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	439	28 979	87	185	99	61	6	1	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		5	451	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			74	6 915	8	17	26	14	5	2	2	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			4	457	-	1	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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