Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2019

Data collection undertaken to establish the extent and state of vacant and derelict land in Scotland. The data is sourced from local authorities and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority.


Annex B – Derelict Land by Local Authority Area

Annex Table 3 - Derelict Land as a percentage of total area by local authority, 2019
Local Authority Total Derelict Land (ha) Total Area (ha)2 % of Local Authority Derelict
Aberdeen City 13 20,563 0.1
Aberdeenshire 42 633,873 0.0
Angus 223 220,389 0.1
Argyll and Bute3 38 716,428 0.0
Clackmannanshire 41 16,391 0.2
Dumfries and Galloway 294 667,631 0.0
Dundee City 14 6,222 0.2
East Ayrshire 1,736 127,034 1.4
East Dunbartonshire 43 17,449 0.2
East Lothian 79 70,094 0.1
East Renfrewshire 34 17,425 0.2
City of Edinburgh 87 27,300 0.3
Falkirk 194 31,493 0.6
Fife 600 137,619 0.4
Glasgow City 530 17,636 3.0
Highland5 1,276 2,647,292 0.0
Inverclyde 59 17,363 0.3
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park3,4 6 186,340 0.0
Midlothian 100 35,527 0.3
Moray 7 225,709 0.0
Na h-Eileanan Siar * 326,847 0.0
North Ayrshire 1,011 90,382 1.1
North Lanarkshire 1,218 47,231 2.6
Orkney Islands 32 108,621 0.0
Perth and Kinross3 24 541,894 0.0
Renfrewshire 149 26,924 0.6
Scottish Borders 46 474,268 0.0
Shetland Islands 6 165,662 0.0
South Ayrshire 110 123,469 0.1
South Lanarkshire 291 177,402 0.2
Stirling3 110 225,481 0.0
West Dunbartonshire3 148 18,278 0.8
West Lothian 304 43,159 0.7
Scotland4 8,866 8,208,987 0.1

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.

2. Land areas were derived from the latest local authority boundaries produced by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database right (2020). Ordnance Survey (OS Licence number 100024655).

3. From 2011 Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park took responsibility for surveying vacant and derelict land within the park boundaries. Prior to 2011 these sites were classified within the relevant local authority boundary.

4. Although the land area for Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park is separately identified it is also included within the land area for the relevant local authorities that overlap the park. Therefore the total land area for Scotland does not include this separately identified land area for Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

5. Data for Highland is carried over from 2015.

Contact

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