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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2004
8.2 Table 15 shows the distribution of urban vacant and derelict sites by local authority area. It shows that 43 per cent (1,755 sites) of reported urban vacant and derelict sites are between 0.1 and 0.5 hectares in size and only 4 per cent (155 sites) of reported sites are 10 hectares or larger. The average size of site varies greatly between authorities, the average size of reported urban vacant or derelict sites in West Lothian is 8.0 hectares compared to 0.5 hectares in the Shetland Isles.
Table 15: Derelict and Urban Vacant sites by size of site and local authority area, 2004 1,2
Local Authority | No. of Sites <= 0.5 ha | No. of Sites >0.5 <= 1.0ha | No. of Sites >1.0 <= 5.0ha | No. of Sites >5.0 <= 10.0ha | No. of Sites >10.0 ha | Average Size of Site (ha) |
No. of Sites | % of Sites 3 | % of Scottish Sites 4 | No. of Sites | % of Sites 3 | % of Scottish Sites 4 | No. of Sites | % of Sites 3 | % of Scottish Sites 4 | No. of Sites | % of Sites 3 | % of Scottish Sites 4 | No. of Sites | % of Sites 3 | % of Scottish Sites 4 |
Aberdeen City | 11 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.5 |
Aberdeenshire | 24 | 49 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.4 |
Angus | 12 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2.8 |
Argyll & Bute | 42 | 66 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | * | - | - | - | 0.7 |
Clackmannanshire | 10 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2.2 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 24 | 44 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 6.6 |
Dundee City | 128 | 59 | 7 | 39 | 18 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1.1 |
East Ayrshire | 39 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
East Dunbartonshire | 15 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2.9 |
East Lothian | 28 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1.6 |
East Renfrewshire | 16 | 38 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 |
Edinburgh, City of | 11 | 28 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3.0 |
Eilean Siar | 7 | 58 | * | 3 | 25 | * | 1 | 8 | * | 1 | 8 | * | - | - | - | 1.0 |
Falkirk | 47 | 41 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 |
Fife | 69 | 38 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 66 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4.4 |
Glasgow City | 361 | 42 | 20 | 189 | 22 | 24 | 263 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 1.5 |
Highland | 226 | 59 | 13 | 57 | 15 | 7 | 79 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3.0 |
Inverclyde | 56 | 42 | 3 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1.1 |
Midlothian | 37 | 33 | 2 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2.8 |
Moray | 24 | 52 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | * | - | - | - | 0.8 |
North Ayrshire | 70 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 100 | 43 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2.3 |
North Lanarkshire | 154 | 39 | 9 | 67 | 17 | 8 | 117 | 30 | 10 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 7 | 18 | 3.4 |
Orkney Islands | 13 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 10 | * | 6 | 29 | * | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 |
Perth & Kinross | 12 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2.7 |
Renfrewshire | 86 | 46 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 54 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5.5 |
Scottish Borders | 45 | 57 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
Shetland Islands | 4 | 80 | * | 1 | 20 | * | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.5 |
South Ayrshire | 16 | 31 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2.8 |
South Lanarkshire | 94 | 37 | 5 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 73 | 29 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2.4 |
Stirling | 24 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3.4 |
West Dunbartonshire | 60 | 50 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.8 |
West Lothian | 10 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 39 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 8.0 |
Scotland | 1,775 | 43 | 100 | 796 | 19 | 100 | 1,225 | 29 | 100 | 223 | 5 | 100 | 155 | 4 | 100 | 2.6 |
1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. 2003 data have been used for the following council areas: Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire.
3. As a percentage of the total number of urban vacant and derelict sites within the Local Authority
4. As a percentage of the total number of urban vacant and derelict sites in Scotland
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