Quarterly Planning Permissions Granted, Q1 2001- Q4 2008
| Period | Number of permissions | Total floor area (000 sq. metres) | |||||||
| New construction | Extension | Alteration and conversion | Total | New construction | Extension | Total | |||
| Dwelling |
Other |
Dwelling |
Other |
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| 2001 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 6,333 |
1,455 |
2,986 |
674 |
11,448 |
2,909 |
1,084 |
510 |
4,503 |
| Q2 | 5,538 |
1,465 |
3,030 |
639 |
10,672 |
2,779 |
921 |
368 |
4,067 |
| Q3 | 6,157 |
1,671 |
3,715 |
786 |
12,329 |
2,513 |
998 |
453 |
3,964 |
| Q4 | 5,585 |
1,606 |
3,106 |
754 |
11,051 |
2,262 |
1,020 |
391 |
3,672 |
| 2002 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 5,025 |
1,512 |
2,843 |
856 |
10,236 |
2,096 |
972 |
423 |
3,491 |
| Q2 | 4,547 |
1,349 |
2,883 |
665 |
9,444 |
2,505 |
873 |
370 |
3,748 |
| Q3 | 5,502 |
1,691 |
3,704 |
757 |
11,654 |
2,335 |
1,139 |
429 |
3,904 |
| Q4 | 4,654 |
1,374 |
2,892 |
646 |
9,566 |
1,856 |
1,020 |
401 |
3,277 |
| 2003 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 4,846 |
1,278 |
2,713 |
645 |
9,482 |
1,797 |
713 |
365 |
2,874 |
| Q2 | 5,110 |
1,465 |
3,103 |
677 |
10,355 |
2,509 |
974 |
345 |
3,828 |
| Q3 | 5,583 |
1,693 |
3,457 |
689 |
11,422 |
2,832 |
1,184 |
411 |
4,427 |
| Q4 | 5,410 |
1,496 |
2,886 |
566 |
10,358 |
2,473 |
1,066 |
376 |
3,915 |
| 2004 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 6,887 |
1,545 |
2,820 |
587 |
11,839 |
3,156 |
940 |
364 |
4,461 |
| Q2 | 7,563 |
1,660 |
3,511 |
652 |
13,386 |
3,344 |
1,156 |
398 |
4,898 |
| Q3 | 7,100 |
1,899 |
4,076 |
731 |
13,806 |
3,172 |
1,007 |
467 |
4,646 |
| Q4 | 5,962 |
1,613 |
3,061 |
605 |
11,241 |
3,123 |
1,155 |
436 |
4,714 |
| 2005 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 6,170 |
1,571 |
3,028 |
586 |
11,355 |
3,299 |
985 |
427 |
4,711 |
| Q2 | 6,722 |
2,086 |
3,845 |
672 |
13,307 |
3,764 |
1,478 |
488 |
5,730 |
| Q3 | 6,485 |
2,189 |
4,476 |
778 |
13,928 |
3,219 |
1,327 |
530 |
5,076 |
| Q4 | 5,957 |
1,871 |
3,533 |
653 |
12,014 |
2,883 |
1,167 |
427 |
4,478 |
| 2006 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 5,890 |
1,822 |
3,575 |
603 |
11,890 |
2,999 |
1,151 |
444 |
4,595 |
| Q2 | 5,595 |
2,494 |
4,137 |
666 |
12,892 |
2,737 |
1,612 |
475 |
4,824 |
| Q3 | 6,035 |
2,965 |
4,759 |
756 |
14,515 |
2,981 |
1,764 |
593 |
5,337 |
| Q4 | 5,254 |
3,172 |
3,883 |
653 |
12,962 |
2,374 |
1,697 |
461 |
4,532 |
| 2007 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 5,709 |
4,995 |
4,033 |
651 |
15,388 |
2,952 |
2,272 |
570 |
5,793 |
| Q2 | 5,636 |
6,229 |
4,751 |
695 |
17,311 |
3,409 |
2,668 |
643 |
6,719 |
| Q3 | 5,880 |
5,411 |
5,210 |
837 |
17,338 |
3,165 |
2,748 |
725 |
6,638 |
| Q4 | 5,028 |
2,767 |
3,841 |
694 |
12,330 | 2,680 |
1,626 |
529 |
4,835 |
| 2008 | |||||||||
| Q1 | 4,777 |
2,104 |
3,523 |
651 |
11,055 |
2,645 |
1,359 |
509 |
4,514 |
| Q2 | 4,722 |
2,050 |
3,743 |
700 |
11,215 |
2,901 |
1,425 |
444 |
4,770 |
| Q3 | 4,253 |
1,774 |
4,166 |
711 |
10,904 |
2,263 |
1,265 |
470 |
3,998 |
| Q4 | 3,739 |
1,616 |
3,003 |
619 |
8,977 |
2,028 |
1,102 |
387 |
3,517 |