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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2004
Table 24: Reclaimed derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 2004 1
New Use | Derelict Land | Urban Vacant Land | Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land |
Area (ha) | % of Derelict Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) | % of Urban Vacant Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) | % of Total Land (by Area) | No. of Sites |
Agriculture | 14 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Business Class | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Community & Health | * | * | 1 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Education | - | - | - | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Forestry/Woodland | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | * | 2 |
Manufacturing | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 13 |
Mineral Activity | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | * | 1 |
Nature Conservation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Offices | 1 | * | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Other General Industry 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 7 | 28 |
Passive Open Space | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
Recreation & Leisure 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | * | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
Residential | 107 | 59 | 80 | 178 | 62 | 136 | 285 | 61 | 216 |
Retailing | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 15 |
Storage | 11 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 14 |
Transport | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 |
Utility Services | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Wholesale Distribution | 1 | * | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Vacant Pending New Use | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Other | * | * | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 |
Unknown 4 | * | - | 1 | - | - | - | * | - | 1 |
Total | 181 | 100 | 131 | 286 | 100 | 247 | 466 | 100 | 378 |
1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. Excluding manufacturing
3. Excluding passive open space
4. Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages
11.7 Using the data in Table 24, it is possible to calculate that the average size of reclaimed derelict sites was 1.4 hectares. Derelict sites reclaimed for residential development were an average of 1.3 hectares, compared to 7 hectares for agriculture.
11.8 The average size of urban vacant sites brought back into use was 1.1 hectare. Sites used for residential development were also an average of 1.3 hectare, those used for other general industry were an average of 1.1 hectares.
Chart 6: Main new uses for derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2004
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