First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 11 February 2022
GRAD-2021-3-1/12

ISSN 1334-0557

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, DECEMBER 2021

 

In December 2021, there were 920 building permits issued, which was 4.1% more than in December 2020.

The total number of building permits issued in the period from January to December 2021 increased by 12.2% compared to the same period of 2020.

In December 2021:

- by types of constructions, 86.5% of permits were issued on buildings and 13.5% on civil engineering works

- by types of construction works, 77.6% of permits were issued on new constructions and 22.4% on reconstructions.

According to permits issued in December 2021, there are 1 464 dwellings with an average floor area of 96.0 m2 planned to be built.

1. INDICES OF BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, DECEMBER 2021

   Buildings Civil engineering works Dwellings
Number Planned value of works Floor area Volume Number Planned value of works Number Useful floor area
XII 2021
XI 2021
100,3 88,3 95,7 94,5 108,8 112,8 100,4 101,8
XII 2021
XII 2020
109,2 130,0 112,6 107,9 80,0 68,8 119,3 123,9
XII 2021
Ø 2020
122,5 130,8 109,8 99,0 92,8 108,0 124,7 128,3
I – XII 2021
I – XII 2020
115,3 122,1 120,5 120,2 97,4 94,8 118,3 118,0

G-1. NUMBER OF PERMITS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, DECEMBER 2021

G-2. PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, DECEMBER 2021

2. BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, DECEMBER 2021

Type of works Number of permits by types of constructions Planned value of works, thousand kuna Dwellings
Total Buildings Civil engineering works Total Buildings Civil engineering works Number Useful floor area, m2
XII 2021                
Total 920 796 124 2 895 652 2 106 018 789 634 1 464 140 578
New constructions 714 623 91 2 213 246 1 628 787 584 459 1 384 133 400
Reconstructions 206 173 33 682 406 477 231 205 175 801) 7 1781)
I – XII 2021                  
Total 10 553 8 991 1 562 31 916 210 23 597 931 8 318 279 16 654 1 551 977
New constructions 8 119 6 912 1 207 25 318 570 19 010 180 6 308 390 15 401 1 443 404
Reconstructions 2 434 2 079 355 6 597 640 4 587 751 2 009 889   1 2531) 108 5731)

1) New dwellings created by additions (extensions) or by conversions of non-residential areas into dwellings.

 

3. BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, DECEMBER 2021

   Number of permits Floor area, m2 Volume, m3
Total 796 262 192 927 716
New buildings 623 241 615 822 514
Residential buildings with: 531 184 749 573 500
One dwelling 333 72 397 224 006
Two dwellings 70 18 822 56 867
Three and more dwellings 127 92 284 288 267
Residences for communities 1 1 246 4 360
Non-residential buildings 92 56 866 249 014
Hotels and similar buildings 4 1 472 5 328
Office buildings  7 7 489 25 612
Wholesale and retail trade buildings 18 9 883 42 956
Traffic and communication buildings 11 894 2 845
Industrial buildings and warehouses 14 6 473 34 603
Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings 13 18 756 74 359
Other non-residential buildings  25 11 899 63 311
Additions (extensions)1) 71 20 577 105 202
Residential buildings 50 8 111 24 375
Non-residential buildings 21 12 466 80 827
Conversion and improvement 102 - -
Residential buildings 63 - -
Non-residential buildings 39 - -

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 IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, BY TYPES OF BUILDINGS, CONSTRUCTION WORKS AND NUMBER OF ROOMS, DECEMBER 2021

   Number of dwellings Useful floor area, m2 Dwellings by number of rooms
1 room 2 rooms 3 rooms 4 rooms 5 rooms 6 rooms 7 rooms 8 or more rooms
Total 1 464 140 578 163 408 368 297 143 68 12 5
Dwellings in new buildings 1 384 133 400 154 380 349 282 137 66 11 5
Residential buildings with: 1 377 132 867 154 379 344 282 137 65 11 5
One dwelling 333 54 204 4 15 42 110 91 57 10 4
Two dwellings 140 14 384 9 30 45 37 14 3 1 1
Three and more dwellings 904 64 279 141 334 257 135 32 5 - -
Non-residential buildings 7 533 - 1 5 - - 1 - -
Dwellings got by additions and extensions 72 6 380 8 26 16 14 6 1 1 -
Dwellings got by converting non-residential area into dwellings 8 798 1 2 3 1 - 1 - -

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Notice

The Croatian Bureau of Statistics submits quarterly data on issued building permits to Eurostat. These data are available on the website of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics in the STS Database (database of short-term business statistics) at https://stsbaza.dzs.hr/.

The STS Database presents data in the form of gross (unadjusted), working-day adjusted as well as seasonally and working-day adjusted absolute values.

Seasonal and working-day adjustment has been done using the X13 ARIMA method on the quarterly series of absolute values, starting with data for the first quarter of 2000.

Sources and methods of data collection

The data are collected by using the reporting method on the Monthly Report on Issued Building Permits (GRAĐ-44a form).

Coverage and comparability

The Monthly Report on Issued Building Permits is collected from the administration bodies competent for construction affairs in major cities, the City of Zagreb and counties as well as from the Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction and State Assets, which issue building permits for constructions as specified in the Building Act (NN, Nos 153/13, 20/17, 39/19 and 125/19).

Data on types of constructions and works are classified according to the National Classification of Types of Constructions – NKVG (Methodological Guidelines No. 41, ISBN 953-6667-33-9, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2002).

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 a roof and closed with outer walls. They are built as separate useful units that protect from weather and other external conditions, intended for dwelling, for performing a certain activity or for storage and upkeep of animals, goods and equipment used in various industrial activities and services, etc.

In this survey, constructions covered with a roof but without (some of the) walls, e.g., porches and underground constructions, such as underground shelters, underground garages, underground shopping centres and other business spaces (e.g. in subways), etc. are also counted as buildings.

Residential buildings are constructions in which 50% or more of the useful floor area is intended for dwelling purposes.

Non-residential buildings are constructions without dwelling areas or in which less than 50% of the overall useful floor area is used for dwelling purposes.

Floor area of a building is the sum total of the areas of all floors of a building placed inside outer walls.

Useful floor area of a dwelling is the floor area of a dwelling, measured inside the walls of the dwelling.

Volume of building is the sum total of the volumes of all roofed spaces of a 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 structures built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Reconstructions are construction works that affect the 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 the tax paid for the issuing of a building permit.

 

Abbreviations  
   
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities
m2 square metre
m3 cubic metre
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
   
Symbols  
   
- no ocurrence

 

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