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Statistical Bulletin ENV/2002/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2001

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

Published March 2002

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Contents

1 Introduction and summary
Chart 1: Vacant and derelict land by local authority, 2001
Presentation of figures in the bulletin
Availability of the bulletin

2 Vacant and derelict land
Table 1: Vacant and derelict land by local authority area, 2001
Chart 2: Derelict land as a percentage of local authority administrative area, 2001
Chart 3: Vacant land as a percentage of local authority administrative area, 2001
Table 2: Vacant and derelict land by local authority area, 1996 - 2001
Table 3: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 2001
Table 4: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993 - 2001

3 Ownership of vacant and derelict land
Table 5: Ownership of vacant and derelict land, 1996 and 2001

4 Contamination of vacant and derelict land
Table 6: Contamination status of vacant and derelict land, 2001
Table 7: Contaminated land, by contamination type, 2001
Table 8: Known contaminated land by Local Enterprise Company, 2001

5 Previous uses of vacant and derelict land
Table 9: Previous uses of vacant and derelict sites, 2001
Chart 4: Previous uses of vacant and derelict land, 2001

6 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict
Table 10: Urban sites: Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict, by local authority area, 2001
Table 11: Rural sites: Period of time since which land has lain derelict, by local authority area, 2001
Table 12: Urban sites that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1985, by local authority area, 2001

7 Preferred or intended uses
Table 13: Primary preferred or intended uses for vacant or derelict sites, 2001
Chart 5: Preferred or intended uses of vacant and derelict land, 2001

8 Location of derelict land
Table 14: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2001
Table 15: Derelict sites by location and size of site, 2001
Chart 6: Urban derelict land as a percentage of local authority urban land area, 2001

9 New vacant or derelict sites
Table 16: New sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2001

10 Reuse of vacant and derelict land
Table 17: Derelict land reclaimed and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2001
Table 18: Reclaimed derelict land and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 2001
Chart 7: New uses for vacant and derelict land, 2001
Table 19: Distribution of size of sites brought back into use and extant sites, 2001
Table 20: Reclaimed derelict land and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey: previous use against new use, 2001
Table 21: Reclaimed derelict land and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey: preferred use against actual use, 2001

Annex: Considerations when interpreting the data
Annex Chart A: Percentage of sites where principal owner is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2001
Annex Chart B: Percentage of sites where previous use is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2001
Annex Table A: Derelict land as a percentage of total area by local authority area, 2001
Annex Table B: Sites removed for definitional reasons, by local authority area, 2001
Annex Table C: Sites removed due to naturalisation, by local authority area, 2001
Annex Table D: Local authorities NOT participating in the survey, 1994 - 2001
Annex: SVDLS 2001 Form A
Annex: SVDLS 2001 Form B

Extracts from the SVDLS 2001 guidance notes

Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey - data protocol

Scottish Executive Statistical Services

Scottish Vacant Land Survey 2001 Commentary

Presentation of figures in the bulletin

Throughout the bulletin:

a dash '-' is used to represent zero, and

an asterisk '*' is used to represent numbers between 0 and 0.5.

Availability of the bulletin

An accompanying commentary is available from (0131) 244 7296, and can be viewed at: www.scotland.gov.uk/planning

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