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, 10 NOVEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.4/9.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, SEPTEMBER 2009

in September 2009, there were 984 building permits issued, which was by 26.8% less than in September 2008.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to September 2009 increased by 3.5%, as compared to the same period of 2008.

In September 2009:

- by type of constructions, 86.3% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings and 13.7% on civil engineering works

- by type of construction works, 78.4% of permits were issued on new constructions and 21.6% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in September 2009, it was expected for 1 110 dwellings with the average floor area of 101.1 m² to be built.

1.   Indices of building permits issued, SEPTEMBER 2009

	Buildings				Civil engineering works		Dwellings
	Number	Value of works	Floor area	Volume	Number	Value of works	Number	Useful floor area
IX. 2009. VIII. 2009.	108,6	80,5	62,9	79,9	214,3	124,2	95,8	98,0
IX. 2009. IX. 2008.	71,3	77,4	62,3	82,4	87,1	22,8	46,4	57,5
IX. 2009. Ø 2008.	93,6	69,3	62,0	78,4	116,4	55,2	54,2	67,5
I. – IX. 2009. I. – IX. 2008.	102,9	101,2	97,0	103,0	107,8	76,9	78,7	89,9

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, SEPTEMBER 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
IX. 2009.
Total		984	849	135	2 179 574	1 355 907	823 667	1 110		112 233
	New constructions	771	660	111	1 532 547	856 835	675 712	967		99 809
	Reconstructions	213	189	24	647 027	499 072	147 955	143^1)		12 424^1)
I. – IX. 2009.
Total		8 557	7 554	1 003	24 020 241	14 585 582	9 434 659	12 087		1 137 254
	New constructions	6 812	6 002	810	19 811 508	11 582 960	8 228 548	11 051		1 043 847
	Reconstructions	1 745	1 552	193	4 208 733	3 002 622	1 206 111	1 036^1)		93 407^1)

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

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, SEPTEMBER 2009

			Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total			849	266 590	1 198 732
New buildings			660	235 998	837 004
	Residential buildings with:		537	144 286	426 795
		One dwelling	391	80 511	239 721
		Two dwellings	64	18 830	54 763
		Three and more dwellings	82	44 945	132 311
		Residences for communities	-	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		123	91 712	410 209
		Hotels and similar buildings	5	1 564	4 645
		Office buildings	1	252	845
		Wholesale and retail trade buildings	18	23 781	141 295
		Traffic and communication buildings	23	1 399	4 523
		Industrial buildings and warehouse	18	15 546	96 804
		Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	9	37 019	110 019
		Other non-residential buildings	49	12 151	52 078
Additions (extensions)^1)			95	30 592	361 728
	Residential buildings		69	17 533	54 086
	Non-residential buildings		26	13 059	307 642
Conversion and improvement			94	-	-
	Residential buildings		48	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		46	-	-

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, SEPTEMBER 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			1 110	112 233	167	214	234	239	142	80	18	16
Dwellings in new buildings			967	99 809	124	199	198	208	130	74	18	16
	Residential buildings with:		961	99 316	123	197	197	206	130	74	18	16
		One dwelling	391	57 566	4	16	62	116	100	59	18	16
		Two dwellings	128	13 319	7	21	30	44	13	13	-	-
		Three and more dwellings	442	28 431	112	160	105	46	17	2	-	-
	Non-residential buildings		6	493	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-
Dwellings got by additions and extensions			114	10 558	25	14	26	31	12	6	-	-
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area  into dwellings			29	1 866	18	1	10	-	-	-	-	-

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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