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Statistical Bulletin ENV/2002/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2001
Previous uses of vacant and derelict land
5.1 The previous uses of vacant and derelict sites are shown in Table 9.
Table 9: Previous uses of vacant and derelict sites 1, 2001 2
Previous Use | Derelict Land | Vacant Land | Total Vacant and Derelict Land |
Area (ha) | % of Derelict Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) | % of Vacant Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) | % of Total Land (by Area) | No. of Sites |
Agriculture | 273 | 4 | 102 | 810 | 29 | 358 | 1,082 | 12 | 460 |
Business Class | 16 | * | 4 | 2 | * | 3 | 18 | * | 7 |
Community & Health | 352 | 6 | 82 | 211 | 7 | 76 | 563 | 6 | 158 |
Defence | 771 | 12 | 47 | 69 | 2 | 15 | 840 | 9 | 62 |
Education | 40 | 1 | 22 | 97 | 3 | 67 | 136 | 2 | 89 |
Forestry/Woodland | 18 | * | 12 | 20 | 1 | 18 | 38 | * | 30 |
Manufacturing | 1,334 | 22 | 282 | 280 | 10 | 141 | 1,614 | 18 | 423 |
Mineral Activity | 2,050 | 33 | 312 | 94 | 3 | 17 | 2,145 | 24 | 329 |
Nature Conservation | 11 | * | 1 | - | - | - | 11 | * | 1 |
Offices | 2 | * | 4 | 3 | * | 10 | 5 | * | 14 |
Other General Industry 3 | 112 | 2 | 81 | 152 | 5 | 160 | 264 | 3 | 241 |
Passive Open Space | 35 | 1 | 27 | 156 | 6 | 129 | 191 | 2 | 156 |
Recreation & Leisure 4 | 67 | 1 | 49 | 87 | 3 | 76 | 154 | 2 | 125 |
Residential | 133 | 2 | 190 | 375 | 13 | 496 | 508 | 6 | 686 |
Retailing | 17 | * | 37 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 40 | * | 78 |
Storage | 194 | 3 | 84 | 75 | 3 | 78 | 269 | 3 | 162 |
Transport | 496 | 8 | 225 | 200 | 7 | 115 | 696 | 8 | 340 |
Utility Services | 77 | 1 | 24 | 31 | 1 | 22 | 107 | 1 | 46 |
Wholesale Distribution | 6 | * | 8 | 13 | * | 8 | 20 | * | 16 |
Other | 167 | 3 | 60 | 140 | 5 | 89 | 307 | 3 | 149 |
Unknown 5 | 675 | - | 331 | 925 | - | 767 | 1,600 | - | 1,098 |
Total | 6,845 | 100 | 1,984 | 3,763 | 100 | 2,686 | 10,607 | 100 | 4,670 |
1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 1993 data have been used for Highland, and 2000 data have been used for Moray
3 Excluding manufacturing
4 Excluding passive open space
5 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages
5.2 Where the previous use is known, 33 per cent of derelict land recorded in 2001 had formerly been used for mineral activity (2,050 hectares), whereas the most common previous use for recorded vacant land was for agriculture (29 per cent, or 810 hectares). The second most common previous use for derelict land was manufacturing, including chemical production, metal works and shipbuilding, accounting for 22 per cent of recorded derelict land (1,334 hectares). The second most common previous use for vacant land was residential use, accounting for 13 per cent of recorded vacant land (375 hectares). The previous use was unknown for 1,600 hectares of land (15 per cent of the total amount of vacant and derelict land recorded in 2001).
5.3 Chart 4 shows the 20 most common previous uses of vacant and derelict land, ranked by area.
Chart 4: Previous uses of vacant and derelict land, 2001 1
1 1993 data have been used for Highland, and 2000 data have been used for Moray
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