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3. Number of Retail Developments

3.1 Table 1 summarises the number of retail developments recorded by each local authority in 2004, in terms of the planning stage reached.

Table 1: Planning Stage by Local Authority

Local Authority

Total Entries

Application Submitted

Approved

Refused - No Appeal

Refused - Potential Appeal / Inquiry

Withdrawn

Under Construction

Commenced Trading

Other

Aberdeen City

12

9

3

1

2

1

Aberdeenshire

20

6

4

2

15

Angus

7

2

3

3

Argyll and Bute

1

1

1

Clackmannanshire

4

4

2

2

Dumfries and Galloway

3

1

2

1

2

Dundee City

11

1

2

1

2

1

2

3

2

East Ayrshire

7

3

3

1

1

1

2

East Dunbartonshire

4

2

1

1

1

2

East Lothian

1

1

1

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh, City of

19

8

5

2

2

4

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

8

1

1

4

3

Fife

14

8

1

1

1

1

2

Glasgow City

31

5

12

1

1

1

4

1

6

Highland

15

4

1

1

2

7

Inverclyde

6

1

2

3

Midlothian

2

1

1

1

Moray

13

3

1

3

6

North Ayrshire

5

4

2

1

3

North Lanarkshire

13

9

10

1

3

2

2

Orkney Islands

Perthshire & Kinross

7

1

1

2

1

2

Renfrewshire

8

3

2

1

2

Scottish Borders

4

3

1

1

2

Shetland Islands

South Ayrshire

9

3

1

5

5

1

South Lanarkshire

13

4

8

1

1

2

Stirling

5

1

3

2

1

West Dunbartonshire

11

11

5

3

2

3

West Lothian

7

7

6

1

2

3

Scotland

260

96

88

9

5

16

30

37

72

Notes: (a) It is important to note that this table does not permit conclusions to be drawn regarding the rate of approval/refusal for each local authority. The table provides a snapshot of planning activity throughout 2004. It does not indicate, that in the case of Aberdeenshire for example, the local authority received twenty applications and approved only six of them. It merely represents the level of activity in each category during the year. None of the planning stages identified is expressed as a proportion of the total number of applications submitted. Furthermore, the total number of entries for each local authority will not necessarily equal the value in each category, as any given scheme may have been at more than one stage during the course of the year and, as a result, may have two or more entries.
(b) 'Other' generally refers to applications made in an earlier year and not yet decided, or where an earlier approval has not yet been implemented.

3.2 The table shows that Glasgow had the highest number of recorded entries for the year (31), followed by Aberdeenshire (20) and Edinburgh (19). Edinburgh and Glasgow have featured amongst the highest each year to date.

3.3 In total, the number of applications refused was 14. This number has increased very slightly from 2003. 30 retail developments were under construction, a increase from the level in 2003. Newly trading developments are greater in number than in 2003. South Ayrshire had the highest number of developments under construction (5), followed by Glasgow (4). South Ayrshire had the highest number of newly trading developments (5) followed by Dundee, Moray and West Lothian (3 each).

3.4 Table 2 illustrates that planning applications and approvals were concentrated in the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan area. There was also significant activity in the Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire Structure Plan area and Lothian Structure Plan area.

Table 2: Planning Stage by Structure Plan Area

Structure Plan Area

Total Entries

Application Submitted

Approved

Refused - No Appeal

Refused - Potential Appeal / Inquiry

Withdrawn

Under Construction

Commenced Trading

Other

Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire

32

15

7

1

4

16

Argyll and Bute

1

1

1

Ayrshire

21

7

8

1

1

7

6

6

Dumfries and Galloway

3

1

2

1

2

Dundee and Angus

18

3

5

4

2

1

2

3

2

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

8

1

1

4

3

Fife

14

8

1

1

1

1

2

Glasgow and Clyde Valley

86

35

39

2

1

5

10

7

17

Highland

15

4

1

1

2

7

Lothian

29

16

12

2

5

6

4

Moray

13

3

1

3

6

Orkney

Perthshire & Kinross

7

1

1

2

1

2

Scottish Borders

4

3

1

1

2

Shetland

Stirling and Clackmannan

9

5

5

2

3

Scotland

260

96

88

9

5

16

30

37

69

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