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Written Question · S2W-27820 · Session 2

How many developments of 1,000 square metres of floor space or greater have been granted planning permission in each of the last five years…

Answered Asked by Shiona Baird Green Lodged 16 Aug 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many developments of 1,000 square metres of floor space or greater have been granted planning permission in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.

The answer

Answered by Johann Lamont on 11 Sep 2006 · 26 days after it was lodged, on time

The following table shows thenumber of developments which are 1,000 square metres or greater that have been grantedplanning permission over the last five years. These figures include business, industryand all other major developments.

| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05
| 2005-06

Aberdeen City
| 43
| 37
| 28
| 32
| N/A

Aberdeenshire
| 55
| 42
| 49
| 57
| 70

Angus
| 7
| 4
| 3
| 4
| 8

Argyll and Bute
| 22
| 11
| 9
| 30
| 17

Cairngorms
| N/A
| N/A
| N/A
| 4
| 32

Clackmannanshire
| 10
| 10
| 3
| 13
| 5

Dumfries and Galloway
| 33
| 31
| 18
| 36
| 43

Dundee City
| 12
| 24
| 25
| 12
| 23

East Ayrshire
| 23
| 13
| 18
|

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