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, 4 MARCH, 2009		NUMBER: 3.1.8.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, 2008

There were 12 281 building permits issued in 2008, which was by 4.1% less than in 2007.

The expected value of works for the building permits issued in 2008 amounted to 41 389 582 thousand kuna, which was by 23.5% more than in 2007.

According to the permits issued in 2008, there were 24 585 dwellings planned to be built, which was by 1.2% less than in 2007.

In 2008:

-    by type of construction, 88.7% out of the total number of permits were issued on buildings, and 11.3% on civil engineering works

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

1.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS

		Number of permits by type of constructions			Expected value of works, thousand kuna			Dwellings
		Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	Total	Buildings	Civil engineering works	number	useful floor area, m^2
2007.		12 801	11 378	1 423	33 500 580	22 830 532	10 670 048	24 877	2 088 495
2008.		12 281	10 889	1 392	41 389 582	23 479 531	17 910 051	24 585	1 994 128
Indices	2008. 2007.	95,9	95,7	97,8	123,5	102,8	167,8	98,8	95,5

2.   BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPE OF WORKS, 2008

By type of constructions	Number of permits by type of works			Expected value of works, thousand kuna
	Total	New construction	Reconstructions	Total	New construction	Reconstructions
Total	12 281	9 702	2 579	41 389 582	34 462 258	6 927 324
Buildings	10 889	8 542	2 347	23 479 531	19 994 761	3 484 770
Residential buildings	8 399	6 906	1 493	12 441 901	11428 703	1 013 198
Non-residential buildings	2 490	1 636	854	11 037 630	8 566 058	2 471 572
Civil engineering works	1 392	1 160	232	17 910 051	14 467 497	3 442 554
Transport infrastructure	355	247	108	11 427 244	8 463 823	2 963 421
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines	933	831	102	2 866 000	2 549 451	316 549
Complex construction on industrial sites	32	24	8	3 412 796	3 304 239	108 557
Other civil engineering works	72	58	14	204 011	149 984	54 027

3.   PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, 2008

	Number of permits	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	10 889	5 156 169	18 356 838
New buildings	8 542	4 772 426	16 951 924
Residential buildings	6 906	2 875 806	8 528 598
One-dwelling buildings	3 989	784 108	2 329 209
Two-dwelling buildings	970	271 874	802 533
Three and more dwelling buildings	1 936	1 780 094	5 278 858
Residences for communities	11	39 730	117 998
Non-residential buildings	1 636	1 896 620	8 423 326
Hotels and similar buildings	107	192 606	619 838
Office buildings	91	177 710	616 121
Wholesale and retail trade buildings	258	573 037	2 661 584
Traffic and communication buildings^1)	253	88 365	325 641
Industrial buildings and warehouses	325	341 632	1 901 512
Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings	103	311 622	1 373 928
Other non-residential buildings^2)	499	211 648	924 702
Additions (extensions)^3)	1 270	383 743	1 404 914
Residential buildings	961	178 423	528 945
Non-residential buildings	309	205 320	875 969
Conversions and improvements	1 077	-	-
Residential buildings	532	-	-
Non-residential buildings	545	-	-

1) Out of the total number of buildings included in this group, garages have the largest share (245 buildings and 61 985 m² of floor area), that is, privately-owned garages

    situated beside single family houses and public garages.

2) This group includes farm buildings, buildings for religious services, etc.

3) Works leading to the creation of new usable entireties beside or on an already existing construction (new dwellings, space for economic activity and other spaces).

4.   DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, BY TYPE OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND
      NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2008

	Number of dwellings	m^2 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	24 585	1 994 128	3 076	7 400	7 486	3 769	1 689	817	212	136
Dwellings in new buildings	23 152	1 858 890	2 921	7 050	7 106	3 451	1 559	745	200	120
Residential buildings	22 924	1 841 777	2 879	6 992	7 034	3 413	1 545	743	198	120
One-dwelling buildings	3 989	554 932	73	293	595	1 107	1 036	606	171	108
Two-dwelling buildings	1 940	190 482	54	332	651	615	200	58	22	8
Three and more dwelling buildings	16 995	1 096 363	2 752	6 367	5 788	1 691	309	79	5	4
Non-residential buildings^1)	228	17 113	42	58	72	38	14	2	2	-
Dwellings created by additions and extensions	1 319	126 373	132	322	345	298	125	69	12	16
Dwellings created by conversions non-residential area into a dwelling	114	8 865	23	28	35	20	5	3	-	-

1) Prevailingly non-residential buildings

5.   DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF SETTLEMENT, INTENDED USE AND
      NUMBER OF FLOORS AND BY EQUIPMENT WITH CENTRAL HEATING AND KITCHEN, 2008

	Total		In residential buildings								In non-residential buildings^1)
	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Total		With one dwelling		With two dwellings		With three and more dwellings
			Number	m^2 useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2	Number	useful floor area, m^2
Total	24 585	1 994 128	24 340	1 975 559	4 740	636 861	2 314	221 934	17 286	1 116 764	245	18 569
In urban settlements	16 018	1 178 461	15 860	1 166 692	1 531	213 133	894	85 796	13 435	867 763	158	11 769
In other settlements	8 567	815 667	8 480	808 867	3 209	423 728	1 420	136 138	3 851	249 001	87	6 800
According to number of floors in the building
Ground-floor buildings	3 413	359 907	3 391	358 123	2 763	308 915	366	30 850	262	18 358	22	1 784
1 floor	5 800	614 581	5 700	606 659	1 864	303 305	1 622	155 680	2 214	147 674	100	7 922
2 floors	6 129	436 457	6 085	432 955	113	24 641	324	35 314	5 648	373 000	44	3 502
3 floors	2 496	166 420	2 457	164 146	-	-	2	90	2 455	164 056	39	2 274
4 − 5 floors	2 911	184 326	2 871	181 239	-	-	-	-	2 871	181 239	40	3 087
6 − 8 floors	3 621	219 718	3 621	219 718	-	-	-	-	3 621	219 718	-	-
9 and more floors	215	12 719	215	12 719	-	-	-	-	215	12 719	-	-
Number of dwellings with central heating	15 059	1 173 883	14 868	1 159 805	1 788	277 679	830	86 754	12 250	795 372	191	14 078
Number of dwellings with a kitchen larger than 4m^2	21 997	-	21 776	-	4 584	-	2 177	-	15 015	-	221	-
Number of dwellings with kitchen smaller than 4m^2	2 588	-	2 564	-	156	-	137	-	2 271	-	24	-

1)    Prevailingly non-residential buildings

6.  SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS WITH BUILDING PERMITS (new constructions and additions), 2008

	Buildings						Dwellings
	Total		Residential		Non-residential		Number	useful floor area, m^2
	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3	Floor area, m^2	Volume, m^3
Total	5 156 169	18 356 838	3 054 229	9 057 543	2 101 940	9 299 295	24 585	1 994 128
County of Zagreb	377 557	1 265 382	245 525	718 703	132 032	546 679	1 752	178 743
County of Krapina-Zagorje	93 902	413 807	46 351	140 321	47 551	273 486	307	31 220
County of Sisak-Moslavina	90 089	342 879	58 487	170 491	31 602	172 388	485	44 091
County of Karlovac	81 967	319 552	53 264	160 518	28 703	159 034	372	33 980
County of Varaždin	222 949	973 825	116 460	353 427	106 489	620 398	897	80 618
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	102 067	344 521	34 417	100 710	67 650	243 811	207	22 874
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	103 597	385 894	59 353	177 252	44 244	208 642	440	37 158
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	439 178	1 379 190	318 809	958 323	120 369	420 867	2 731	214 698
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	90 966	289 120	64 567	188 371	26 399	100 749	628	45 405
County of Virovitica-Podravina	62 789	242 761	29 089	88 916	33 700	153 845	190	19 629
County of Požega-Slavonia	37 103	132 098	22 151	65 553	14 952	66 545	170	15 941
County of Požega-Slavonia	129 168	425 464	90 495	271 312	38 673	154 152	610	66 475
County of Zadar	138 763	471 536	99 291	285 355	39 472	186 181	1 054	74 510
County of Osijek-Baranja	309 495	1 211 995	151 386	451 376	158 109	760 619	1 090	91 643
County of Šibenik-Knin	102 345	494 998	27 222	78 711	75 123	416 287	250	18 264
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	187 066	741 615	98 254	299 512	88 812	442 103	821	67 196
County of Split-Dalmatia	421 981	1 579 902	275 795	804 736	146 186	775 166	2 225	160 569
County of Istria	261 868	863 072	171 089	509 313	90 779	353 759	1 398	121 206
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	92 901	284 056	78 234	234 701	14 667	49 355	601	54 158
County of Međimurje	160 444	646 332	71 676	210 460	88 768	435 872	352	53 930
City of Zagreb	1 649 974	5 548 839	942 314	2 789 482	707 660	2 759 357	8 005	561 820

7.   EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND BY COUNTIES, 2008

Thousand kuna

	Total	Buildings		Civil engineering works
		Residential buildings	Non-residential buildings	Transport infrastructure	Pipelines, communication and electricity  lines	Complex construction on industrial sites	Other civil engineering  works
Total	41 389 582	12 441 901	11 037 630	11 427 244	2 866 000	3 412 796	204 011
County of Zagreb	1 743 558	876 497	547 871	264 423	54 767	-	-
County of Krapina-Zagorje	385 712	193 273	176 724	246	7 772	-	7 697
County of Sisak-Moslavina	871 973	224 650	307 753	7 972	41 196	290 402	-
County of Karlovac	555 288	230 220	165 027	10 760	135 846	7 011	6 424
County of Varaždin	1 129 696	467 946	450 672	53 019	157 983	-	76
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	498 011	119 892	277 382	34 398	61 915	2 221	2 203
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	482 826	235 448	137 788	9 034	92 944	2 000	5 612
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	5 707 648	1 307 957	717 976	1 127 060	182 763	2 319 281	52 611
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	510 363	248 324	135 217	67 601	57 436	1 730	55
County of Virovitica-Podravina	258 962	92 057	124 797	9 439	30 587	-	2 082
County of Požega-Slavonia	172 519	74 732	37 636	17 268	42 846	-	37
County of Požega-Slavonia	463 150	279 129	124 648	7 310	41 303	-	10 760
County of Zadar	1 755 750	385 341	266 585	65 972	522 687	512 200	2 965
County of Osijek-Baranja	2 273 488	542 351	1 058 154	188 426	453 645	-	30 912
County of Šibenik-Knin	564 655	123 704	380 737	1 080	24 134	35 000	-
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	872 362	297 545	385 507	59 092	113 220	-	16 998
County of Split-Dalmatia	5 970 299	1 045 692	876 068	3 736 079	296 355	15 000	1 105
County of Istria	2 004 814	775 510	463 465	505 708	173 382	32 705	54 044
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	2 280 897	450 845	241 951	1 523 097	62 595	-	2 409
County of Međimurje	917 496	331 017	399 674	45 888	132 896	-	8 021
City of Zagreb	8 403 588	4 139 771	3 761 998	196 926	109 647	195 246	-
County not located^1)	3 566 527	-	-	3 496 446	70 081	-	-

1) Buildings spreading on territories of two or more counties

8.   EXPECTED VALUE OF WORKS, BY BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTIONS, BY INVESTOR AND BY COUNTIES, 2008

Thousand kuna

	Total			Buildings			Civil engineering works
	Total	Natural  persons	legal  entities	Total	Natural persons	legal  entities	Total	Natural persons	legal  entities
Total	41 389 582	7 331 782	34 057 800	23 479 531	7 248 011	16 231 520	17 910 051	83 771	17 826 280
County of Zagreb	1 743 558	640 237	1 103 321	1 424 368	640 237	784 131	319 190	-	319 190
County of Krapina-Zagorje	385 712	199 315	186 397	369 997	199 184	170 813	15 715	131	15 584
County of Sisak-Moslavina	871 973	196 448	675 525	532 403	195 338	337 065	339 570	1 110	338 460
County of Karlovac	555 288	173 293	381 995	395 247	171 863	223 384	160 041	1 430	158 611
County of Varaždin	1 129 696	341 290	788 406	918 618	341 270	577 348	211 078	20	211 058
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	498 011	139 133	358 878	397 274	139 133	258 141	100 737	-	100 737
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	482 826	176 575	306 251	373 236	176 555	196 681	109 590	20	109 570
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	5 707 648	899 821	4 807 827	2 025 933	831 485	1 194 448	3 681 715	68 336	3 613 379
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	510 363	251 938	258 425	383 541	251 883	131 658	126 822	55	126 767
County of Virovitica-Podravina	258 962	124 037	134 925	216 854	124 037	92 817	42 108	-	42 108
County of Požega-Slavonia	172 519	72 133	100 386	112 368	72 096	40 272	60 151	37	60 114
County of Požega-Slavonia	463 150	286 801	176 349	403 777	286 801	116 976	59 373	-	59 373
County of Zadar	1 755 750	275 909	1 479 841	651 926	275 909	376 017	1 103 824	-	1 103 824
County of Osijek-Baranja	2 273 488	310 958	1 962 530	1 600 505	310 938	1 289 567	672 983	20	672 963
County of Šibenik-Knin	564 655	79 175	485 480	504 441	79 175	425 266	60 214	-	60 214
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	872 362	229 847	642 515	683 052	229 847	453 205	189 310	-	189 310
County of Split-Dalmatia	5 970 299	572 342	5 397 957	1 921 760	564 697	1 357 063	4 048 539	7 645	4 040 894
County of Istria	2 004 814	465 187	1 539 627	1 238 975	461 289	777 686	765 839	3 898	761 941
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	2 280 897	293 320	1 987 577	692 796	292 951	399 845	1588 101	369	1 587 732
County of Međimurje	917 496	377 390	540 106	730 691	377 390	353 301	186 805	-	186 805
City of Zagreb	8 403 588	1 226 633	7176 955	7 901 769	1 225 933	6 675 836	501 819	700	501 119
County not located^1)	3 566 527	-	3566 527	-	-	-	3 566 527	-	3 566 527

1) Buildings spreading on territories of two or more counties

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

Data on construction presented in this publication are collected through reporting methods 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 by which the construction is approved (building permits, approval of the main project and settlement of construction conditions), specified in the Construction and Urban Planning Act (NN, No. 76/07).

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 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 upkeeping 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, e.g. porches, and underground constructions, e.g. underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres 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 total 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 sum total of volumes of all roofed over space of the building, including outer walls.

Civil engineering works are all constructions not classified under buildings, e.g., roads, railways, pipelines, bridges, dams, constructions intended for sport and recreation, etc.

New construction is a newly-built structure built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Reconstructions are construction works which effect on main characteristics of already existing construction, e.g. additions and extensions, conversions and other works which significantly improve the use value of construction (e.g. capacity, quality, function) and/or which prolong or at least to 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)

m²              square metre

m³              cubic metre

NN        Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

‘000      thousand

Symbols

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