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Statistical Bulletin ENV/2002/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2001
Preferred or intended uses
7.1 Planning authorities were asked to indicate up to three preferred or intended uses for sites as defined in the most recent local plan or other approved local authority planning policy documents. The distribution of primary preferences is shown in Table 13.
Table 13: Primary preferred or intended uses for vacant or derelict sites, 2001 1,2
Preferred or Intended 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 | 910 | 14 | 292 | 59 | 2 | 34 | 969 | 10 | 326 |
Business Class | 379 | 6 | 56 | 164 | 4 | 97 | 543 | 5 | 153 |
Community & Health | 39 | 1 | 10 | 47 | 1 | 28 | 86 | 1 | 38 |
Defence | 166 | 3 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 167 | 2 | 2 |
Education | 4 | * | 4 | 14 | * | 16 | 19 | * | 20 |
Forestry/Woodland | 281 | 4 | 60 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 305 | 3 | 73 |
Manufacturing | 514 | 8 | 188 | 613 | 17 | 332 | 1,126 | 11 | 520 |
Mineral Activity | 293 | 5 | 12 | - | - | - | 293 | 3 | 12 |
Nature Conservation | 114 | 2 | 22 | 7 | * | 2 | 121 | 1 | 24 |
Offices | 11 | * | 13 | 100 | 3 | 26 | 110 | 1 | 39 |
Other General Industry 3 | 693 | 11 | 209 | 551 | 15 | 392 | 1,244 | 12 | 601 |
Passive Open Space | 400 | 6 | 119 | 312 | 9 | 211 | 712 | 7 | 330 |
Recreation & Leisure 4 | 474 | 7 | 108 | 150 | 4 | 69 | 624 | 6 | 177 |
Residential | 924 | 14 | 578 | 1,380 | 38 | 1,135 | 2,304 | 23 | 1,713 |
Retailing | 474 | 7 | 46 | 50 | 1 | 72 | 524 | 5 | 118 |
Storage | 65 | 1 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 12 | 94 | 1 | 29 |
Transport | 93 | 1 | 43 | 62 | 2 | 54 | 155 | 2 | 97 |
Utility Services | 17 | * | 9 | 1 | * | 1 | 18 | * | 10 |
Wholesale Distribution | 19 | * | 2 | 12 | * | 5 | 31 | * | 7 |
Other | 465 | 7 | 59 | 69 | 2 | 57 | 534 | 5 | 116 |
Not Applicable | 77 | 1 | 41 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 96 | 1 | 60 |
Unknown 5 | 432 | - | 95 | 101 | - | 110 | 532 | - | 205 |
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
7.2 The most popular preferred or intended future uses for derelict land, where known, were residential use (14 per cent), agriculture (14 per cent) and other general industry (11 per cent). For vacant land, these were residential use (38 per cent), manufacturing (17 per cent) and other general industry (15 per cent). Preferred or intended future uses are shown in Chart 5.
Chart 5: Preferred or intended 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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