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Statistical Bulletin Environment Series
ENV/2004/2
Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2004

P ublished December 2004

A Scottish Executive National Statistics Publication

This document is also available in pdf format (548k)
Link to tables in excel format

Contents

1 Introduction and summary
Chart 1: Derelict and Urban Vacant land by local authority, 2004
Presentation of figures in the bulletin
Availability of the bulletin
2 Derelict and urban vacant land
Table 1: Derelict and urban vacant land by local authority area, 2004
Chart 2: Derelict land as a percentage of local authority area, 2004
Chart 3: Urban vacant land by local authority, 2004
Table 2a: Derelict land by local authority area, 1996-2004
Table 2b: Urban vacant land by local authority area, 1996-2004
Table 2c: Total derelict and urban vacant land by local authority area, 1996-2004
Table 3: Derelict and urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 2004
Table 4a: Derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993-2004
Table 4b: Urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993-2004
Table 4c: Total derelict and urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993-2004
Table 5: Summary changes in the area of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in Scotland, 2004
3 Ownership of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 6: Ownership of derelict and urban vacant land, 1996 and 2004
4 Contamination of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 7: Contamination status of derelict and urban vacant land, 2004
Table 8: Contaminated land, by contamination type, 2004
Table 9: Known contaminated land by Local Enterprise Company, 2004
5 Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 10: Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land, 2004
Chart 4: Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land, 2004
6 Preferred or intended uses
Table 11: Primary preferred or intended uses for derelict and urban vacant sites, 2004
Chart 5: Primary preferred or intended use of derelict and urban vacant land, 2004
7 Location of derelict land
Table 12: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2004
Table 13: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2004
8 Size of derelict and urban vacant sites
Table 14: Date when derelict and urban vacant site was first identified by size of site, 2004
Table 15: Derelict and urban vacant sites by size of site and local authority area, 2004
9 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict
Table 16: Urban sites: Date when vacant or derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2004
Table 17: Rural sites: Date when derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2004
Table 18: Urban sites that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1986, by local authority area, 2004
10 New derelict or urban vacant sites
Table 19: New sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2004
11 Reuse of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 20: Derelict land reclaimed and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2004
Table 21: Sources of funding used for derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2004
Table 22: Source of public sector development funding used for derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 23: Contamination status of existing derelict sites and urban vacant sites and those brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 24: Reclaimed derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 2004
Chart 6: Main new uses of derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 25: Distribution of size of extant sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 26: Date when derelict or urban vacant land was first identified; extant sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 27: Previous use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
Table 28: Preferred use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004

Annex: Considerations when interpreting the data
Annex Chart A: Percentage of sites where principal owner is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2004
Annex Chart B: Percentage of sites where previous use is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2004
Annex Table A: Derelict Land as a percentage of total area by local authority area, 2004
Annex Table B: Sites removed for definitional reasons, by local authority area, 2004
Annex Table C: Local Authorities NOT participating in the survey, 1994-2004
Annex: SVDLS 2004 Form A
Annex: SVDLS 2004 Form B.
Extracts from the SVDLS 2004 guidance notes

Scottish Executive Statistical Services
Correspondence and enquiries

Presentation of figures in the bulletin

Throughout the bulletin:

a dash '-' is used to represent zero, and
an asterisk '*' is used to represent numbers between 0 and 0.5.

Availability of the bulletin

A copy of this bulletin and a set of tables in Excel format can be found on the Scottish Executive Web site at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00381-00.asp

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