Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2003

Statistical Bulletin ENV/2004/1 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2003

7 Location of derelict land

7.1 The survey covers derelict sites in both urban and rural areas. The distribution of derelict sites among urban and rural local authority areas is shown in Table 12. In Scotland as a whole, over half the recorded area of derelict land is in urban areas (51 per cent).

Table 12: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2003 ^{1, 2}

Local Authority	Urban				Rural				All Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% Sites in Urban Area (by Area) ³	No. of Sites	% of Scottish Urban Sites (by Area) ⁴	Area (ha)	% Sites in Rural Area (by Area) ³	No. of Sites	% of Scottish Rural Sites (by Area) ⁵	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	66	100	20	2	-	-	-	-	66	20
Aberdeenshire	5	7	9	*	72	93	12	2	77	21
Angus	36	30	18	1	84	70	14	2	120	32
Argyll & Bute	8	56	11	*	6	44	6	*	14	17
Clackmannanshire	39	69	17	1	17	31	2	*	56	19
Dumfries & Galloway	27	9	22	1	280	91	15	7	307	37
Dundee City	45	100	19	1	-	-	-	-	45	19
East Ayrshire	41	15	28	1	241	85	43	6	282	71
East Dunbartonshire	47	89	14	1	6	11	2	*	53	16
East Lothian	40	42	22	1	55	58	17	1	95	39
East Renfrewshire	35	100	27	1	-	-	-	-	35	27
Edinburgh, City of	43	56	19	1	34	44	2	1	76	21
Eilean Siar	1	100	2	*	-	-	-	-	1	2
Falkirk	91	76	34	2	30	24	4	1	121	38
Fife	222	34	71	6	426	66	17	11	648	88
Glasgow City	743	100	280	19	-	-	-	-	743	280
Highland	142	15	65	4	795	85	156	21	937	221
Inverclyde	62	100	39	2	-	-	-	-	62	39
Midlothian	152	59	54	4	107	41	34	3	259	88
Moray	7	100	8	*	-	-	-	-	7	8
North Ayrshire	280	78	84	7	77	22	31	2	357	115
North Lanarkshire	926	89	156	23	114	11	57	3	1,040	213
Orkney Islands	4	44	3	*	5	56	7	*	9	10
Perth & Kinross	20	30	11	1	47	70	7	1	68	18
Renfrewshire	83	10	47	2	738	90	3	20	822	50
Scottish Borders	21	54	31	1	19	46	7	*	40	38
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	123	100	32	3	-	-	-	-	123	32
South Lanarkshire	239	51	91	6	229	49	40	6	468	131
Stirling	82	48	11	2	88	52	21	2	169	32
West Dunbartonshire	183	100	86	5	-	-	-	-	183	86
West Lothian	147	32	16	4	311	68	31	8	458	47
Scotland	3,960	51	1,347	*100*	3,781	49	528	*100*	7,741	1,875

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. 2002 data have been used for the following council areas: Argyll and Bute, Moray, Scottish Borders and the Shetland Islands
3. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land within the Local Authority
4. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land that is in an urban area in Scotland
5. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land that is in a rural area in Scotland

7.2 The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict urban land areas in 2003 were North Lanarkshire (926 hectares) and Glasgow City (743 hectares) together comprising 42 per cent of urban derelict land. The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict rural land areas were Highland (795 hectares) and Renfrewshire (738 hectares) together comprising 41 per cent of rural derelict land. The average size of derelict urban sites is 2.9 hectares, whereas the average size of derelict rural sites is 7.2 hectares.

Table 13: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2002 ^{1, 2}

Location	Size of Site
Location	No. of Sites <= 1 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 1-5 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 5-10 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 10-20 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites >= 20 ha	% of Sites	Total No. of Sites	% of Sites	Average size of site (ha)
Urban	744	72	426	75	100	67	44	62	33	60	1,347	72	2.9
Rural	286	28	144	25	49	33	27	38	22	40	528	28	7.1
Total	1,030	*100*	570	*100*	149	*100*	71	*100*	55	*100*	1,875	*100*	4.1

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. 2002 data have been used for the following council areas: Argyll and Bute, Moray, Scottish Borders and the Shetland Islands

7.3 Table 13 shows the distribution of derelict sites in relation to size. It shows that the over 70 per cent of small sites (under 5 hectares) are located in urban areas, compared with 60 per cent of sites over 20 hectares.

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