The Scottish Environment Statistics - 1998

2. LAND

Table 2.25 Planning applications by unitary authority, 19961 Planning applications   Granted Refused Total Scotland 34,402 2,614 43,671 Aberdeen City 2,195 142 2,337 Aberdeenshire 3,218 305 3,523 Angus 1,111 98 1,209 Argyll and Bute 1,105 45 1,150 Clackmannanshire 292 22 314 Dumfries and Galloway 1,590 57 1,647 Dundee City 848 59 907 East Ayrshire 790 27 817 East Dunbartonshire 594 33 627 East Lothian 963 57 1,020 East Renfrewshire 499 25 524 Edinburgh, City of2 - - 2,705 Eilean Siar3 437 14 451 Falkirk 765 43 808 Fife 3,701 180 3,881 Glasgow City 2,657 408 3,065 Highland2 - - 3,950 Inverclyde 449 22 471 Midlothian 570 20 590 Moray 996 40 1,036 North Ayrshire 753 46 799 North Lanarkshire 1,330 62 1,392 Orkney Islands 272 20 292 Perth and Kinross 1,605 254 1,859 Renfrewshire 844 70 914 Scottish Borders 1,372 119 1,491 Shetland Islands 405 14 419 South Ayrshire 1,203 144 1,347 South Lanarkshire 1,586 132 1,718 Stirling 863 75 938 West Dunbartonshire 405 30 435 West Lothian 984 51 1,035 Source: Planning Division, SODD 1 The statistics cover a period of 12 months from 1/4/96 - 31/3/97. 2 Estimate - figures not provided. 3 The former Western Isles Council changed its name on 2 September 1997.