Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2004

9 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict

9.1 Where the length of time a site had lain unused was known, 21 per cent (1,364 hectares) of vacant and derelict land in urban areas and 42 per cent (1,452 hectares) of rural derelict land had been unused since before 1981 (Table 16 and Table 17). This figure varies widely between the different local authorities.

Table 16: Urban sites: Date when vacant or derelict ^1-3 land was first identified, by local authority area, 200

Local Authority	Pre-1981		1981-1985		1986-1990		1991-1995		1996-2000		2001-2004		Unknown ⁴	Total
Local Authority	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Area (ha)
Aberdeen City	5	7	-	7	5	14	9	26	14	45	40	100	67	139
Aberdeenshire	2	12	*	13	12	74	5	97	1	100	-	100	26	46
Angus	21	34	1	35	3	41	12	60	6	69	19	100	3	65
Argyll & Bute	2	4	17	48	15	86	5	99	1	100	-	100	-	40
Clackmannanshire	12	22	-	22	23	65	-	65	5	75	14	100	-	54
Dumfries & Galloway	51	87	1	89	1	90	1	93	4	99	*	100	18	76
Dundee City	101	43	7	46	25	57	17	64	64	91	20	100	3	237
East Ayrshire	-	-	15	18	33	58	18	80	8	89	9	100	*	83
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	27	24	6	29	27	53	7	59	47	100	-	115
East Lothian	12	41	*	42	1	45	2	52	12	93	2	100	9	38
East Renfrewshire	5	8	6	19	3	25	18	57	5	67	18	100	-	56
Edinburgh, City of	18	51	-	51	7	71	6	88	4	100	*	100	44	79
Eilean Siar	1	10	1	27	*	28	3	82	1	96	*	100	6	12
Falkirk	81	35	21	44	11	49	41	67	51	88	27	100	7	240
Fife	21	10	13	16	13	22	7	25	65	56	92	100	164	375
Glasgow City	273	21	361	48	105	56	212	72	228	90	136	100	-	1,315
Highland	175	51	37	61	86	86	26	94	16	98	5	100	8	354
Inverclyde	11	8	11	16	8	22	40	50	47	83	23	100	2	142
Midlothian	120	59	4	61	24	73	2	74	10	79	43	100	21	225
Moray	20	63	-	63	2	68	6	87	4	98	*	100	4	36
North Ayrshire	20	4	99	26	90	45	77	62	97	83	77	100	4	463
North Lanarkshire	179	15	269	37	121	47	470	86	130	97	41	100	7	1,218
Orkney Islands	13	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	13
Perth & Kinross	3	5	27	48	5	56	4	62	8	76	15	100	2	65
Renfrewshire	-	-	68	24	65	46	19	53	57	73	78	100	-	287
Scottish Borders	11	34	6	54	2	60	9	87	4	100	-	100	14	47
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	2	-	-	100	-	2
South Ayrshire	-	-	43	34	53	75	5	79	21	95	6	100	16	144
South Lanarkshire	12	4	173	63	44	78	25	86	10	89	31	100	81	375
Stirling	43	35	34	63	*	63	*	63	35	92	9	100	40	161
West Dunbartonshire	36	17	22	27	30	41	38	58	51	82	40	100	2	220
West Lothian	116	61	-	61	17	70	41	92	10	97	5	100	61	250
Scotland	1,364	21	1,264	41	813	54	1,146	72	974	87	801	*100*	608	6,970

1. Figures are for total vacant and derelict land
2. Figures may not sum due to rounding
3. 2003 data have been used for the following council areas: Aberdeenshire, Argyll and Bute, Scottish Borders and South Ayrshire.
4. Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values

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