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 OCTOBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/8.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, AUGUST 2009

in August 2009, there were 845 building permits issued, which was by 13.1% less than in August 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to August 2009 increased by 9.3%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In August 2009:

- by type of constructions, 92.5% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 7.5% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.7% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.3% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in August 2009, it was expected for 1 159 dwellings with the average floor area of 98.8 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, AUGUST 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
VIII. 2009. VII. 2009.	93,5	120,0	137,5	127,5	66,3	82,5	107,5	103,9
VIII. 2009. VIII. 2008.	91,1	81,4	125,3	118,2	55,3	20,1	76,3	86,5
VIII. 2009. Ø 2008.	86,2	86,0	98,7	98,1	54,3	44,4	56,6	68,9
I. – VIII. 2009. I. – VIII. 2008.	109,0	104,5	102,5	106,1	112,0	99,5	84,6	95,9

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, AUGUST 2009

Type of works		Number of permits by types of constructions			Value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
VIII. 2009.
Total		845	782	63	2 346 808	1 683 634	663 174	1 159		114 516
	New constructions	665	618	47	1 751 226	1 472 139	279 087	1 052		104 844
	Reconstructions	180	164	16	595 582	211 495	384 087	107^1)		9 672^1)
I. - VIII. 2009.
Total		7 573	6 705	868	21 840 667	13 229 675	8 610 992	10 977		1 025 021
	New constructions	6 041	5 342	699	18 278 961	10 726 125	7 552 836	10 084		944 038
	Reconstructions	1 532	1 363	169	3 561 706	2 503 550	1 058 156	893^1)		80 983^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, AUGUST 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			782	424 013	1 500 691
New buildings			618	388 461	1 390 197
	Residential buildings with:		515	146 540	434 716
		One dwelling	370	74 736	221 871
		Two dwellings	62	16 554	48 882
		Three and more dwellings	83	55 250	163 963
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		103	241 921	955 481
		Hotels and similar buildings	9	4 497	12 839
		Office buildings	3	9 286	43 775
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	15	189 792	748 374
		Traffic and communication buildings	20	6 206	21 468
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	16	10 950	48 168
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	4	3 560	9 851
		Other non-residential buildings	36	17 630	71 006
Additions (extensions)^1)			102	35 552	110 494
	Residential buildings		80	12 482	37 270
	Non-residential buildings		22	23 070	73 224
Conversion and improvement			62	-	-
	Residential buildings		36	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		26	-	-

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 TYPES OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, AUGUST 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			1 159	114 516	122	302	283	206	140	80	24	2
Dwellings in new buildings			1 052	104 844	109	287	243	179	134	75	23	2
	Residential buildings with:		1 043	103 663	107	285	243	177	133	73	23	2
		One dwelling	370	52 889	11	27	52	102	84	73	19	2
		Two dwellings	124	11 891	8	16	48	44	4	-	4	-
		Three and more dwellings	549	38 883	88	242	143	31	45	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		9	1 181	2	2	-	2	1	2	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			101	9 000	13	15	39	23	5	5	1	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			6	672	-	-	1	4	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, undergroundshelters, 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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