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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2002 - Statistical Bulletin ENV/2003/1
6 Preferred or intended uses
6.1 Planning authorities were asked to indicate up to three preferred or intended uses for the sites as defined in the most recent local plan or other approved local authority planning policy documents. The distribution of the primary preference is shown in Table 11.
Table 11: Primary preferred or intended uses for vacant or derelict sites, 2002 1-3
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 | 736 | 10 | 229 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 759 | 7 | 245 |
Business Class | 402 | 6 | 69 | 179 | 6 | 112 | 581 | 6 | 181 |
Community & Health | 38 | 1 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 1 | 42 |
Defence | 732 | 10 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 733 | 7 | 2 |
Education | 3 | * | 2 | 9 | * | 14 | 12 | * | 16 |
Forestry/Woodland | 311 | 4 | 66 | 32 | 1 | 17 | 343 | 3 | 83 |
Manufacturing | 485 | 7 | 176 | 552 | 18 | 303 | 1,037 | 10 | 479 |
Mineral Activity | 293 | 4 | 12 | - | - | - | 293 | 3 | 12 |
Nature Conservation | 107 | 1 | 21 | 1 | * | 2 | 107 | 1 | 23 |
Offices | 76 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 1 | 25 | 111 | 1 | 37 |
Other General Industry 4 | 1,355 | 19 | 226 | 520 | 17 | 366 | 1,875 | 18 | 592 |
Passive Open Space | 336 | 5 | 121 | 204 | 6 | 182 | 540 | 5 | 303 |
Recreation & Leisure 5 | 461 | 6 | 86 | 132 | 4 | 67 | 592 | 6 | 153 |
Residential | 897 | 12 | 563 | 1,218 | 39 | 1,039 | 2,115 | 20 | 1,602 |
Retailing | 351 | 5 | 39 | 45 | 1 | 64 | 396 | 4 | 103 |
Storage | 79 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 112 | 1 | 26 |
Transport | 102 | 1 | 47 | 39 | 1 | 41 | 141 | 1 | 88 |
Utility Services | 17 | * | 8 | 1 | * | 2 | 18 | * | 10 |
Wholesale Distribution | 18 | * | 1 | 12 | * | 3 | 29 | * | 4 |
Other | 445 | 6 | 57 | 51 | 2 | 49 | 495 | 5 | 106 |
Not Applicable | 69 | 1 | 36 | 14 | * | 10 | 83 | 1 | 46 |
Unknown 6 | 484 | - | 100 | 110 | - | 121 | 593 | - | 221 |
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 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
3 2000 data has been used for Moray
4 Excluding manufacturing
5 Excluding passive open space
6 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages.
The most popular preferred or intended future uses for derelict land, where known, were other general industry (19 per cent), residential (12 per cent) and agriculture (10 per cent). For vacant land, these were residential use (39 per cent), manufacturing (18 per cent) and other general industry (17 per cent). Preferred or intended future uses are shown in Chart 5.
Chart 5: Primary preferred or intended use of vacant and derelict land, 2002 1
1. 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders and 2000 data has been used for Moray.
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