First Release

Year: LIX.
Zagreb, 11 March 2022
GRAD-2022-3-2
ISSN 1334-0557

BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, 2021

 

There were 10 553 building permits issued in 2021, which was 12.2% more than in 2020.

The planned value of works for the building permits issued in 2021 amounted to 31 916 210 thousand kuna, which was 13.6% more than in 2020.

According to the permits issued in 2021, there are 16 654 dwellings planned to be built, which is 18.3% more than in 2020.

In 2021:

- by types of constructions, 85.2% of permits were issued on buildings and 14.8% on civil engineering works

- by types of works, 76.9% of permits were issued on new constructions and 23.1% on reconstructions

1. BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS
   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
2020 9 403 7 800 1 603 28 090 600 19 319 331 8 771 269 14 083 1 315 007
2021 10 553 8 991 1 562 31 916 210 23 597 931 8 318 279 16 654 1 551 977
Indices
2021
2020		 112,2 115,3 97,4 113,6 122,1 94,8 118,3 118,0

G-1. COMPOSITION OF NUMBER OF PERMITS ISSUED, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS, 2019 − 2021

G-2. COMPOSITION OF PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS, 2019 − 2021

G-3. NUMBER OF DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, 2017 − 2021

G-4. USEFUL FLOOR AREA OF DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, 2017 − 2021

2. BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED AND PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND TYPES OF WORKS, 2021
By types of constructions Number of permits by types of works Planned value of works, thousand kuna
Total New construction Reconstructions Total New construction Reconstructions
Total 10 553 8 119 2 434 31 916 210 25 318 570 6 597 640
Buildings 8 991 6 912 2 079 23 597 931 19 010 180 4 587 751
Residential buildings 7 176 5 665 1 511 13 242 982 11 811 387 1 431 595
Non-residential buildings 1 815 1 247 568 10 354 949 7 198 793 3 156 156
Civil engineering works 1 562 1 207 355 8 318 279 6 308 390 2 009 889
Transport infrastructure 508 330 178 3 550 292 2 418 761 1 131 531
Pipelines, communication and electricity lines 916 785 131 3 063 809 2 532 449 531 360
Complex construction on industrial sites 39 29 10 829 376 710 409 118 967
Other civil engineering works 99 63 36 874 802 646 771 228 031

3. PERMITS ISSUED ON BUILDINGS, 2021
   Number of permits Floor area, m2 Volume, m3
Total 8 991 3 450 808 13 516 297
New buildings 6 912 3 138 484 12 187 699
Residential buildings 5 665 1 984 811 6 213 344
One-dwelling buildings 3 698 755 879 2 362 552
Two-dwelling buildings 637 171 000 519 778
Three and more dwelling buildings 1 324 1 050 624 3 306 879
Residences for communities 6 7 308 24 135
Non-residential buildings 1 247 1 153 673 5 974 355
Hotels and similar buildings 107 110 301 381 974
Office buildings 65 70 425 231 165
Wholesale and retail trade buildings 127 136 492 748 550
Traffic and communication buildings 140 38 114 124 493
Industrial buildings and warehouses 303 459 982 2 851 352
Public entertainment, education, hospital or institutional care buildings 117 158 174 704 485
Other non-residential building1) 388 180 185 932 336
Additions (extensions)2) 899 312 324 1 328 598
Residential buildings 696 136 267 416 586
Non-residential buildings 203 176 057 912 012
Conversions and improvements 1 180 - -
Residential buildings 815 - -
Non-residential buildings 365 - -

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

2) 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, 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 16 654 1 551 977 1 526 4 879 4 536 3 417 1 455 647 138 56
Dwellings in new buildings 15 401 1 443 404 1 361 4 498 4 171 3 203 1 374 613 130 51
Residential buildings 15 335 1 438 306 1 354 4 478 4 145 3 193 1 372 612 130 51
One-dwelling buildings 3 698 570 790 69 198 580 1 185 959 542 118 47
Two-dwelling buildings 1 274 131 920 59 243 403 378 144 36 7 4
Three and more dwelling buildings 10 363 735 596 1 226 4 037 3 162 1 630 269 34 5 -
Non-residential buildings1) 66 5 098 7 20 26 10 2 1 - -
Dwellings created by additions and extensions 1 159 101 064 141 351 343 203 78 31 7 5
Dwellings created by conversions of non-residential area into a dwelling 94 7 509 24 30 22 11 3 3 1 -

1) Prevailingly non-residential buildings.

5. DWELLINGS IN BUILDINGS FOR WHICH PERMITS WERE ISSUED, ACCORDING TO TYPES OF SETTLEMENTS, INTENDED USE AND NUMBER OF FLOORS, BY EQUIPMENT WITH CENTRAL HEATING AND KITCHEN, 2021
   Total In residential buildings In non-residential buildings1)
Number Useful floor area, m2 Total With one dwelling With two dwellings With three and more dwellings
Number Useful floor area, m2 Number Useful floor area, m2 Number Useful floor area, m2 Number Useful floor area, m2 Number Useful floor area, m2
Total 16 654 1 551 977 16 586 1 546 702 4 238 626 516 1 504 150 027 10 844 770 159 68 5 275
In urban settlements 10 331 851 751 10 299 849 008 1 290 198 136 588 61 685 8 421 589 187 32 2 743
In other settlements 6 323 700 226 6 287 697 694 2 948 428 380 916 88 342 2 423 180 972 36 2 532
According to number of floors in building                             
Ground-floor buildings 2 905 298 120 2 895 297 389 2 083 236 944 330 25 457 482 34 988 10 731
1 floor 4 174 540 480 4 154 538 494 1 964 346 175 952 96 819 1 238 95 500 20 1 986
2 floors 3 997 340 298 3 961 337 885 191 43 397 212 26 597 3 558 267 891 36 2 413
3 floors 1 621 116 404 1 620 116 329 - - 10 1 154 1 610 115 175 1 75
4 − 5 floors 1 694 109 145 1 694 109 145 - - - - 1 694 109 145 - -
6 − 8 floors 1 949 129 240 1 948 129 170 - - - - 1 948 129 170 1 70
9 and more floors  314 18 290 314 18 290 - - - - 314 18 290 - -
Number of dwellings with central heating 9 798 923 597 9 763 920 898 2 464 379 976 614 64 408 6 685 476 514 35 2 699
Number of dwellings with kitchen larger than 4 m2 16 226 - 16 159 - 4 159 - 1 473 - 10 527 - 67 -
Number of dwellings with kitchen smaller than 4 m2 428 - 427 - 79 - 31 - 317 - 1 -

1) Prevailingly non-residential buildings.

6. SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS WITH BUILDING PERMITS (new constructions and additions), 2021
County of Buildings Dwellings
Total Residential Non-residential Number Useful floor area, m2
Floor area, m2 Volume, m3 Floor area, m2 Volume, m3 Floor area, m2 Volume, m3
Total 3 450 808 13 516 297 2 121 078 6 629 930 1 329 730 6 886 367 16 654 1 551 977
Zagreb 311 012 1 588 243 137 347 421 778 173 665 1 166 465 1 015 99 716
Krapina-Zagorje 89 811 383 207 36 694 114 569 53 117 268 638 272 28 941
Sisak-Moslavina 54 419 221 536 22 266 71 070 32 153 150 466 124 14 345
Karlovac 77 295 382 470 31 694 93 537 45 601 288 933 223 19 393
Varaždin 127 589 558 668 54 020 167 347 73 569 391 321 327 41 014
Koprivnica-Križevci 75 785 312 806 26 551 85 222 49 234 227 584 210 18 405
Bjelovar-Bilogora 66 254 246 789 31 856 99 658 34 398 147 131 237 23 243
Primorje-Gorski kotar 211 221 731 960 159 773 499 857 51 448 232 103 1 123 112 672
Lika-Senj 41 241 171 927 21 744 67 234 19 497 104 693 168 16 195
Virovitica-Podravina 65 205 285 865 20 465 64 249 44 740 221 616 162 13 164
Požega-Slavonia 51 415 228 836 21 727 71 157 29 688 157 679 137 16 139
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 79 218 334 083 32 398 104 187 46 820 229 896 210 24 874
Zadar 345 612 1 193 718 262 568 810 187 83 044 383 531 2 383 207 844
Osijek-Baranja 193 556 781 854 98 612 308 794 94 944 473 060 751 73 595
Šibenik-Knin 79 017 266 427 70 164 210 336 8 853 56 091 543 52 364
Vukovar-Sirmium 83 854 365 070 31 597 100 405 52 257 264 665 164 21 677
Split-Dalmatia 346 828 1 218 431 253 119 790 843 93 709 427 588 2 142 181 844
Istria 361 820 1 200 192 281 560 868 303 80 260 331 889 1 906 212 170
Dubrovnik-Neretva 79 268 280 129 52 812 162 660 26 456 117 469 350 39 056
Međimurje 170 500 845 851 68 151 204 211 102 349 641 640 387 51 170
City of Zagreb 539 888 1 918 235 405 960 1 314 326 133 928 603 909 3 820 284 156

7. PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS AND BY COUNTIES, 2021

Thousand kuna

County of 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 31 916 210 13 242 982 10 354 949 3 550 292 3 063 809 829 376 874 802
Zagreb 1 854 535 799 849 897 141 55 562 63 006 21 130 17 847
Krapina-Zagorje 866 921 224 933 502 091 85 498 34 579 995 18 825
Sisak-Moslavina 833 719 130 866 237 366 183 893 183 332 79 685 18 577
Karlovac 717 839 187 515 235 126 201 689 51 380 4 137 37 992
Varaždin 1 099 748 299 521 584 404 66 806 55 415 89 482 4 120
Koprivnica-Križevci 1 174 798 181 922 468 403 435 653 43 584 38 558 6 678
Bjelovar-Bilogora 512 297 183 450 211 006 31 663 55 010 9 000 22 168
Primorje-Gorski kotar 2 680 117 1 081 824 712 001 571 928 213 502 89 237 11 625
Lika-Senj 526 580 126 157 124 568 58 380 21 770 187 262 8 443
Virovitica-Podravina 487 168 104 135 236 735 24 606 31 011 64 850 25 831
Požega-Slavonia 590 751 98 137 163 325 223 672 52 251 - 53 366
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 630 893 165 353 348 283 66 164 47 093 4 000 -
Zadar 3 195 555 1 685 956 541 376 238 365 257 979 2 616 469 263
Osijek-Baranja 1 737 813 554 459 664 823 193 327 276 553 21 555 27 096
Šibenik-Knin 612 486 404 969 74 925 1 950 34 841 90 676 5 125
Vukovar-Sirmium 953 669 172 447 518 538 94 825 101 317 51 223 15 319
Split-Dalmatia 2 694 878 1 619 969 772 424 103 554 151 413 14 300 33 218
Istria 3 337 681 2 072 292 860 562 129 856 242 129 1 000 31 842
Dubrovnik-Neretva 1 160 899 381 258 264 450 172 198 316 407 - 26 586
Međimurje 1 523 718 348 138 659 355 204 725 297 159 - 14 341
City of Zagreb 3 994 026 2 419 832 1 278 047 19 410 190 527 59 670 26 540
County not located1) 730 119 - - 386 568 343 551 - -

1) Constructions spreading on territories of two or more counties.

8. PLANNED VALUE OF WORKS, BY TYPES OF CONSTRUCTIONS, BY INVESTOR AND BY COUNTIES, 2021

Thousand kuna

County of Total Buildings Civil engineering works
Total Natural persons Legal entities Total Natural persons Legal entities Total Natural persons Legal entities
Total 31 916 210 9 309 408 22 606 802 23 597 931 9 298 896 14 299 035 8 318 279 10 512 8 307 767
Zagreb 1 854 535 481 278 1 373 257 1 696 990 481 131 1 215 859 157 545 147 157 398
Krapina-Zagorje 866 921 249 212 617 709 727 024 249 122 477 902 139 897 90 139 807
Sisak-Moslavina 833 719 117 212 716 507 368 232 117 212 251 020 465 487 - 465 487
Karlovac 717 839 143 709 574 130 422 641 141 209 281 432 295 198 2 500 292 698
Varaždin 1 099 748 311 207 788 541 883 925 308 281 575 644 215 823 2 926 212 897
Koprivnica-Križevci 1 174 798 169 456 1 005 342 650 325 168 684 481 641 524 473 772 523 701
Bjelovar-Bilogora 512 297 176 728 335 569 394 456 176 728 217 728 117 841 - 117 841
Primorje-Gorski kotar 2 680 117 736 988 1 943 129 1 793 825 736 630 1 057 195 886 292 358 885 934
Lika-Senj 526 580 116 828 409 752 250 725 116 828 133 897 275 855 - 275 855
Virovitica-Podravina 487 168 94 089 393 079 340 870 94 089 246 781 146 298 - 146 298
Požega-Slavonia 590 751 100 465 490 286 261 462 100 465 160 997 329 289 - 329 289
Slavonski Brod-Posavina 630 893 217 617 413 276 513 636 217 527 296 109 117 257 90 117 167
Zadar 3 195 555 1 257 902 1 937 653 2 227 332 1 256 712 970 620 968 223 1 190 967 033
Osijek-Baranja 1 737 813 478 187 1 259 626 1 219 282 477 637 741 645 518 531 550 517 981
Šibenik-Knin 612 486 315 524 296 962 479 894 315 524 164 370 132 592 - 132 592
Vukovar-Sirmium 953 669 214 109 739 560 690 985 214 109 476 876 262 684 - 262 684
Split-Dalmatia 2 694 878 1 252 793 1 442 085 2 392 393 1 252 643 1 139 750 302 485 150 302 335
Istria 3 337 681 1 433 329 1 904 352 2 932 854 1 433 254 1 499 600 404 827 75 404 752
Dubrovnik-Neretva 1 160 899 359 311 801 588 645 708 357 977 287 731 515 191 1 334 513 857
Međimurje 1 523 718 313 461 1 210 257 1 007 493 313 461 694 032 516 225 - 516 225
City of Zagreb 3 994 026 770 003 3 224 023 3 697 879 769 673 2 928 206 296 147 330 295 817
County not located1) 730 119 - 730 119 - - - 730 119 - 730 119

1) Constructions spreading on territories of two or more counties.

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Sources and methods of data collection

This First Release presents data 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 (Methodologies No. 41, ISBN 953-6667-33-9, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, 2002). This Classification is harmonised with the classification prescribed by the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Classification of Types of Construction − 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 external conditions, intended for dwelling, for performing a certain activity or for placing and up-keeping of 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, such as 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 the 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 a building is a sum total of areas 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 construction is a structure newly built on a location where no structure existed or on a location previously cleared by demolition.

Reconstructions are construction works that effect 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. It is used for defining a tax paid for issuing of building permit.

 

 

Abbreviations
   
m2 square metre
m3 cubic metre
NN Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
   
Symbols  
   
- no occurrence

 

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