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6. Construction Type

6.1 Table 9 outlines the type of construction activity granted planning consent in each local authority. It shows that approximately 80% of all approved floorspace was new build. Most of the conversion/ refurbishment was in North Lanarkshire (42,000 sq. m) and most of the extension floorspace took place in Glasgow (7,000 sq. m).

Table 9: Approved Construction Activity Across Local Authorities (Floorspace - sq. m)

Local Authority

Alteration/Conversion and Refurbishment

Extension

New Build

No.

Floorspace

No.

Floorspace

No.

Floorspace

Aberdeen City

1

1000

2

14000

Aberdeenshire

4

7000

Angus

1

2000

2

8000

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

1

2000

1

2000

Dumfries and Galloway

2

11000

Dundee City

1

5000

1

2000

East Ayrshire

3

14000

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

1

2000

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh, City of

1

5000

1

4000

3

26000

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

1

5000

Fife

1

26000

Glasgow City

3

7000

9

51000

Highland

2

4000

2

10000

Inverclyde

2

33000

Midlothian

Moray

1

1000

North Ayrshire

2

7000

North Lanarkshire

3

42000

2

5000

5

46000

Orkney Islands

Perthshire & Kinross

Renfrewshire

2

13000

Scottish Borders

3

10000

Shetland Islands

South Ayrshire

1

2000

2

19000

South Lanarkshire

2

4000

6

27000

Stirling

1

1000

2

7000

West Dunbartonshire

1

1000

1

2000

3

11000

West Lothian

4

5000

2

26000

Scotland

6

51000

20

42000

62

377000

6.2 Table 10 apportions the type of construction activity granted planning consent to structure plan areas.

Table 10: Approved Construction Activity Across Structure Plan Areas (Floorspace - sq. m)

Structure Plan Area

Alteration/Conversion and Refurbishment

Extension

New Build

No.

Floorspace

No.

Floorspace

No.

Floorspace

Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire

1

1000

6

20000

Argyll and Bute

Ayrshire

1

2000

7

40000

Dumfries and Galloway

2

11000

Dundee and Angus

1

2000

1

5000

3

10000

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

1

5000

Fife

1

26000

Glasgow and Clyde Valley

4

43000

8

18000

27

181000

Highland

2

4000

2

10000

Lothian

1

5000

5

9000

6

54000

Moray

1

1000

Orkney

Perthshire & Kinross

Scottish Borders

3

10000

Shetland

Stirling and Clackmannan

2

4000

3

10000

Scotland

6

51000

20

42000

62

377000

6.3 The table shows that Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan area had the highest level of approved floorspace for conversion/refurbishment, extensions and new build accounting for over half, (51%) of the total approved floorspace for 2004.

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