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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2002 - Statistical Bulletin ENV/2003/1

3 Ownership of vacant and derelict land

3.1 Table 6 shows ownership of vacant and derelict sites, including a comparison of data from 1996 and 2002. For those sites where ownership was known, there is a balance between public and private ownership For derelict land, single private ownership is most significant (75 per cent in 2002, compared with 61 per cent in 1996). In 2002, 7 per cent of vacant or derelict land where ownership was known was in multiple ownership. 1,971 hectares of land (18 per cent of the total amount of vacant and derelict land recorded in 2002) had one or more unknown owners.

Table 6: Ownership of vacant and derelict land 1, 1996 and 2002 2

Ownership

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

1996

Single Owner: Public

2,172

33

436

1,691

45

1,058

3,863

37

1,494

Single Owner: Private

4,045

61

1,367

1,824

48

1,065

5,869

56

2,432

Multiple Owners: Public

136

2

27

53

1

40

189

2

67

Multiple Owners: Private

52

1

21

22

1

9

74

1

30

Mixed Owners 3

203

3

70

203

5

95

406

4

165

Single Owner: Unknown 4

1,796

-

598

694

-

656

2,490

-

1,254

Multiple Owners: Unknown 4,5

78

-

27

132

-

25

210

-

52

1996 Total

8,482

100

2,546

4,618

100

2,948

13,101

100

5,494

2002

Single Owner: Public

1,147

18

326

1,248

45

965

2,394

26

1,291

Single Owner: Private

4,763

75

986

1,231

45

908

5,994

66

1,894

Multiple Owners: Public

53

1

18

32

1

33

85

1

51

Multiple Owners: Private

89

1

31

21

1

19

110

1

50

Mixed Owners 3

278

4

70

222

8

91

499

5

161

Single Owner: Unknown 4

1,184

-

404

425

-

414

1,609

-

818

Multiple Owners: Unknown 4,5

281

-

60

81

-

49

362

-

109

2002 Total

7,796

100

1,895

3,258

100

2,479

11,053

100

4,374


1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table D for details of council participation in different years
3 Mixed public and private ownership
4 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values
5 At least one owner is unknown

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