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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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