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ned valid as at June 2011 (Appendix 8). RLAS Update 4 reported that by June 2011 4,469 dwellings had been built or were under construction over the full monitoring period 2001 to 2011 (or 87%).

5.25 RLAS (Update 7) was published in July 2015 and analysed residential planning approval and completion data as well as land availability up to June 2014. The broad body of RLAS work undertaken by the Department has recently started to analyse residential approvals and take-up of such approvals since 2011 to reflect the new Plan period. Between July 2011 and June 2013, 403 new dwellings had commenced or had been completed across the Island and between July 2011 and June 2014, this had increased to 487. On further analysis of this data it is clear that new homes are being created in a number of different ways. These ways include: conversion schemes (from non-residential to residential or by the creation of multiple units from a single residential unit), windfall schemes, redevelopment schemes in residential areas or new schemes on allocated sites. New units may also come forward in rural areas where a need is demonstrated.