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

9 New derelict or urban vacant sites

9.1 Table 17 shows the area and number of distinct new sites, which have been identified as vacant and derelict since the last survey was conducted. In the majority of cases, this refers to new sites identified since the 2002 survey. There were 293 hectares (116 sites) of newly identified derelict land since the previous survey. Of these, 120 hectares (27 sites) were in Fife and 86 hectares (10 sites) were in North Ayrshire. There were 196 hectares (153 sites) of newly identified urban vacant land since the previous survey. Of these, 40 hectares (15 sites) were in North Ayrshire and 37 hectares (23 sites) were in Fife. Note that these figures relate only to completely new sites identified; sites listed in the previous survey, which increased in size, are not included in Table 17. Such enlargement of individual sites will account for part of any change in the amount of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in different years, shown in Table 2 and Table 4, it is estimated at 160 hectares (see table 5).

Table 17: New sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2003 ^{1, 2}

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. The figures for Argyll and Bute, Moray, Scottish Borders and the Shetland Islands are not included as they did not participate in the 2003 survey

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