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ISBN 0 7559 2930 6
ISSN 0264-1143
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Contents

1 Introduction and summary
Chart 1: Derelict and Urban Vacant land by local authority, 2005
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, 2005
Chart 2: Derelict land as a percentage of local authority area, 2005
Chart 3: Proportion of local authority population living within 500m of a Derelict Site, 2005
Map 1: Derelict Land by Local Authority, 2005
Chart 4: Urban vacant land by local authority, 2005
Table 2a: Derelict land by local authority area, 1996-2005
Table 2b: Urban vacant land by local authority area, 1996-2005
Table 2c: Total derelict and urban vacant land by local authority area, 1996-2005
Table 3: Derelict and urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 2005
Table 4a: Derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005
Table 4b: Urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005
Table 4c: Total derelict and urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005
Table 5: Derelict and urban vacant land located in Scotland's National Parks, 2005
Table 6: Summary changes in the area of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in Scotland, 2005

3 Ownership of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 7: Ownership of derelict and urban vacant land, 1996 and 2005

4 Contamination of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 8: Contamination status of derelict and urban vacant land, 2005
Table 9: Contaminated land, by contamination type, 2005
Table 10: Known contaminated land by Local Enterprise Company, 2005

5 Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 11: Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land, 2005
Chart 5: Previous uses of derelict and urban vacant land, 2005

6 Preferred or intended uses
Table 12: Primary preferred or intended uses for derelict and urban vacant sites, 2005
Chart 6: Primary preferred or intended use of derelict and urban vacant land, 2005

7 Location of derelict land
Map 2: Derelict Sites (shown based on size of site)
Table 13: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2005
Table 14: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2005

8 Size of derelict and urban vacant sites
Table 15: Date when derelict and urban vacant site was first identified by size of site, 2005
Table 16: Derelict and urban vacant sites by size of site and local authority area, 2005

9 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict
Table 17: Sites in settlements: Date when vacant or derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2005
Table 18: Sites in the Countryside: Date when derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2005
Table 19: Sites in Settlements that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1991, by local authority area, 2005

10 Development Potential of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 20: Sites in Settlements: Development Potential of derelict and urban vacant land, 2005
Table 21: Sites in the Countryside: Development Potential of derelict land, 2005

11 New derelict or urban vacant sites
Table 22: New sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2005

12 Reuse of derelict and urban vacant land
Table 23: Derelict land reclaimed and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2005
Table 24: Sources of funding used for derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2005
Table 25: Source of public sector development funding used for derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 26: Sites where the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ( VDLF) was a funding source used to reclaim derelict land and bring urban vacant land back into use, 2005
Table 27: Reclaimed derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 2005
Chart 7: Main new uses of derelict and urban vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 28: Distribution of size of existing sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 29: Date when derelict or urban vacant land was first identified; existing sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 30: Contamination status of existing derelict sites and urban vacant sites and those brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 31: Previous use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005
Table 32: Preferred use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2005

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, 2005
Annex Chart B: Percentage of sites where previous use is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2005
Annex Table A: Vacant Land within Settlements of under 2,000 in population, 2005
Annex Table B: Derelict Land as a percentage of total area by local authority area, 2005
Annex Table C: Proportion of local authority population living within 500m of a Derelict Site, 2005
Annex Table D: Sites removed for definitional reasons, by local authority area, 2005
Annex Table E: Local Authorities NOT participating in the survey, 1995-2005
Annex: SVDLS 2005 Form A
Annex: SVDLS 2005 Form B.
Extracts from the SVDLS 2005 guidance notes

Scottish Executive Statistical Services

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 Planning Statistics page of the Scottish Executive Web site at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/17731/9698

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