Statistical Bulletin: ENV/2006/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2005

2 Derelict and urban vacant land

2.1 Derelict land (and buildings) is that which has been so damaged by development or use that it is incapable of being developed for beneficial use without rehabilitation, and which is not being used for either the purpose for which it is held, or for a use acceptable in a local plan. The main exceptions are operational sites where rehabilitation would not be possible or appropriate within five years, and land which is derelict through natural causes (for example, neglected woodland or farmland) and which appears to have blended into the landscape. All sites where contamination is known or suspected are classed as derelict.

2.2 Vacant land is located in urban settlements (defined here as settlements with a population of 2,000 or more according to council approved local plans) and is considered to display the characteristics of urban vacant land; that is, land which is unused or unsightly, or which would benefit from development or improvement and will be referred to as 'urban vacant land' throughout this bulletin. The main exceptions to this definition are for land held for operational needs, agricultural land, urban fringe land and open space within the built up area, even where these offer the prospects of future development. Full details of the definitions of derelict and urban vacant land are given in the Annex. Some local authorities have also surveyed for vacant land within settlements of under 2,000 in population. Further information on those results can be found in Annex Table A.

Table 1: Derelict and urban vacant land ¹ by local authority area, 2005

Local Authority	Derelict Land			Urban Vacant Land			Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of Derelict Land (by Area) ²	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Urban Vacant Land (by Area) ²	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Total V&D Land (by Area) ²	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	72	1	18	116	4	32	187	2	50
Aberdeenshire	9	*	21	27	1	25	36	*	46
Angus	118	2	31	54	2	20	172	2	51
Argyll & Bute	13	*	14	23	1	34	36	*	48
Clackmannanshire	46	1	13	45	2	20	91	1	33
Dumfries & Galloway	218	3	29	36	1	16	255	2	45
Dundee City	39	1	18	177	6	195	216	2	213
East Ayrshire	287	4	70	45	2	47	332	3	117
East Dunbartonshire	92	1	23	28	1	19	120	1	42
East Lothian	75	1	36	9	*	15	84	1	51
East Renfrewshire	41	1	27	20	1	16	61	1	43
Edinburgh, City of	83	1	21	96	3	43	179	2	64
Eilean Siar	1	*	4	10	*	7	11	*	11
Falkirk	82	1	37	113	4	62	195	2	99
Fife	751	10	138	145	5	86	897	8	224
Glasgow City	747	10	279	566	19	574	1,313	12	853
Highland ⁴	934	12	201	195	7	147	1,128	11	348
Inverclyde	63	1	35	90	3	112	153	1	147
Midlothian	284	4	89	33	1	19	317	3	108
Moray	7	*	7	30	1	37	37	*	44
North Ayrshire	346	5	112	202	7	113	547	5	225
North Lanarkshire	945	12	204	370	12	176	1,315	12	380
Orkney Islands	9	*	10	2	*	5	12	*	15
Perth & Kinross	39	1	36	34	1	29	73	1	65
Renfrewshire	805	11	42	197	7	128	1,002	9	170
Scottish Borders ³	40	1	38	25	1	41	65	1	79
Shetland Islands	*	*	1	1	*	3	1	*	4
South Ayrshire	113	1	30	19	1	16	132	1	46
South Lanarkshire	411	5	120	139	5	116	550	5	236
Stirling	158	2	28	33	1	28	191	2	56
West Dunbartonshire	175	2	82	35	1	31	210	2	113
West Lothian	595	8	50	58	2	17	653	6	67
Scotland	7,597	*100*	1,864	2,973	*100*	2,229	10,570	*100*	4,093

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. As a percentage of the total vacant/derelict land recorded in Scotland
3. 2002 data have been used for the Scottish Borders council area.
4. A partial survey was completed for Highland - see Annex A.11

2.3 Sites covering less than 0.1 hectares are excluded unless a group of adjacent sites exceeds 0.1 hectares and can be counted as a single contiguous site. For more information about what is recorded in the survey see the Annex.

2.4 Table 1 shows that in 2005 there were 10,570 hectares of derelict and urban vacant land, of which 72 per cent was classified as derelict (7,597 hectares). Four councils, North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City, Highland and Renfrewshire together contain 45 per cent of the recorded derelict and urban vacant land. The same four councils also contain 45 per cent of all derelict land. Chart 1 (page 1) shows the 10 councils containing the most derelict and urban vacant land.

Derelict Land

2.5 Chart 2 shows the ten councils with the highest percentage of derelict land in relation to their administrative area. The figures for all councils can be found in Annex Table B. Approximately 4.3 per cent of Glasgow City's land area, 3.1 per cent of Renfrewshire's land area and 2.0 per cent of North Lanarkshire's land area are recorded as derelict. Map 1 (page 6, overleaf) shows the percentage of each council's administrative area that is made up of derelict land (for all of Scotland). It uses the results from Annex Table B.

Chart 2: Derelict land as a percentage of local authority administrative area, 2005

2.6 Chart 3 shows the ten councils with the highest estimated percentage of their populations living within 500m of a derelict site (Using GROS 2001 census population results). The method of calculation for these estimates can be found in the Annex and figures for all councils are in Annex Table C. It is estimated that 63 per cent of people in Midlothian live within 500m of a derelict site. This is followed by 61 per cent of people in West Dunbartonshire and 57 per cent of people in Glasgow City.

Chart 3: Proportion of local authority population living within 500m of a Derelict Site, 2005

Urban Vacant Land

2.7 Chart 4 shows the ten councils with the highest amount of urban vacant land.

Chart 4: Urban Vacant land (hectares) by local authority, 2005

2.8 Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire together account for 31 per cent of all urban vacant land located in settlements of over 2,000 in population in Scotland.

Comparison of derelict and urban vacant land between 1996-2005

2.9 Tables 2a, 2b and 2c show the trend in the area of recorded derelict and urban vacant land in the years 1996-2005. It should be noted that some of the councils did not participate in the 2005 survey or earlier ones. In these cases, the most recent available data have been used to provide an estimate for the appropriate year.

2.10 Since 1996, the total amount of recorded derelict and urban vacant land has decreased by 2,363 hectares, with the biggest reduction reported by North Lanarkshire (1,442 hectares). For the first time since 1996 the total amount of urban vacant land has risen with a net 82 hectare increase between 2004 and 2005. Between 1996 and 2005 overall, urban vacant land has reduced by 1,477 hectares. The largest decrease of urban vacant land during this period occurred in Highland (303 hectares).

2.11 The amount of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in the survey can change between years for a number of reasons. Sites may increase in size or new sites may be added to the survey (Table 22), sites may be re-measured between surveys, partial or complete sites may be brought back into productive use (Table 23), or sites may be removed for definitional reasons (Annex Table D) or due to naturalisation. Because sites may be removed from the survey for definitional reasons, previous reductions in the amount of derelict and urban vacant land recorded may not necessarily indicate that all the land removed was brought back into productive use.

2.12 The Highlands council did not carry out a survey between the years 1994 to 2001 inclusive; consequently, the decrease of 267 urban vacant hectares and increase of 635 derelict hectares between 2001 and 2002 reflect the change in the amount of urban vacant and derelict land since 1993. Due to the large area of land covered by Highland Council, only a partial survey was carried out in each year since 2002. For more information about the survey area and future developments, see Annex section A11.

2.13 Between 2001 and 2002 the amount of derelict land recorded in Renfrewshire increased by 567 hectares. This increase was almost entirely due to the addition of one large new site in the 2002 survey.

Table 2a: Derelict land ¹ by local authority area, 1996-2005 ²

Local Authority	Derelict Land Area (ha)
Local Authority	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Aberdeen City	78	77	77	68	68	77	77	66	66	72
Aberdeenshire	132	131	93	93	92	90	78	77	77	9
Angus	337	333	339	227	186	184	179	120	121	118
Argyll & Bute	22	22	17	17	17	17	14	14	14	13
Clackmannanshire	49	36	36	36	30	35	48	56	46	46
Dumfries & Galloway	304	305	305	303	306	307	307	307	307	218
Dundee City	79	79	71	60	60	46	49	45	44	39
East Ayrshire	445	445	453	400	349	349	275	282	275	287
East Dunbartonshire	57	66	66	64	66	68	85	53	54	92
East Lothian	218	210	197	80	101	100	99	95	79	75
East Renfrewshire	18	18	15	13	13	13	19	35	43	41
Edinburgh, City of	84	79	80	68	111	111	111	76	79	83
Eilean Siar	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Falkirk	184	183	110	103	103	102	132	121	116	82
Fife	614	620	798	772	613	584	582	648	687	751
Glasgow City	894	899	883	831	804	756	767	743	733	747
Highland	315	315	315	315	315	315	950	937	934	934
Inverclyde	50	69	72	65	67	65	64	62	64	63
Midlothian	400	363	332	342	333	256	257	259	284	284
Moray	34	34	34	34	34	34	7	7	7	7
North Ayrshire	243	239	230	245	237	270	270	357	347	346
North Lanarkshire	2,179	1,651	1,385	1,335	1,335	1,332	1,090	1,040	945	945
Orkney Islands	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9
Perth & Kinross	75	78	86	101	98	79	68	68	62	39
Renfrewshire	95	61	244	242	243	256	823	822	820	805
Scottish Borders	54	57	55	48	48	41	40	40	40	40
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
South Ayrshire	21	25	28	28	132	124	122	123	123	113
South Lanarkshire	514	463	457	486	497	502	479	468	451	411
Stirling	125	125	120	146	170	165	161	169	164	158
West Dunbartonshire	85	99	112	117	123	123	150	183	182	175
West Lothian	762	762	762	584	584	409	449	458	462	595
Scotland	8,482	7,858	7,787	7,237	7,148	6,825	7,767	7,741	7,638	7,597

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. See Annex Table E for details of council participation in different years

Table 2b: Urban Vacant land ¹ by local authority area, 1996-2005 ²

Local Authority	Urban Vacant Land Area (ha) ^R1
Local Authority	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Aberdeen City	112	106	106	71	61	75	75	39	73	116
Aberdeenshire	58	60	59	59	53	53	32	29	29	27
Angus	50	40	40	27	26	31	34	34	32	54
Argyll & Bute	42	33	29	29	28	28	23	23	23	23
Clackmannanshire	22	21	28	28	27	20	27	22	25	45
Dumfries & Galloway	61	65	67	61	55	58	52	51	50	36
Dundee City	203	200	217	193	193	213	197	179	193	177
East Ayrshire	119	119	114	77	92	77	80	48	44	45
East Dunbartonshire	52	47	43	36	20	18	39	60	57	28
East Lothian	43	40	39	26	39	34	28	27	7	9
East Renfrewshire	32	36	28	24	20	19	21	11	13	20
Edinburgh, City of	70	66	63	54	51	56	56	47	38	96
Eilean Siar	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Falkirk	212	188	116	93	93	146	139	125	122	113
Fife	153	135	150	203	154	80	83	97	110	145
Glasgow City	723	681	699	727	672	636	605	592	572	566
Highland	498	498	498	498	498	498	231	216	213	195
Inverclyde	80	53	52	58	60	67	63	80	79	90
Midlothian	58	61	60	52	49	38	38	29	34	33
Moray	6	6	6	6	6	6	31	31	29	30
North Ayrshire	123	148	148	164	154	148	148	188	184	202
North Lanarkshire	578	716	572	686	686	606	513	469	376	370
Orkney Islands	13	13	11	25	14	10	10	9	9	2
Perth & Kinross	19	21	47	48	41	27	15	13	24	34
Renfrewshire	252	198	177	171	158	172	167	186	205	197
Scottish Borders	22	33	33	31	31	27	25	25	25	25
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1
South Ayrshire	89	108	123	123	32	32	31	21	21	19
South Lanarkshire	233	220	205	203	205	185	172	167	153	139
Stirling	48	48	41	73	40	35	42	40	38	33
West Dunbartonshire	129	132	131	113	102	93	74	39	38	35
West Lothian	337	337	337	226	226	87	91	65	65	58
Scotland	4,450	4,438	4,250	4,195	3,897	3,586	3,155	2,977	2,891	2,973

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. See Annex Table E for details of council participation in different years
R1. The previous definition for surveying vacant land allowed local authorities to include sites located within a 1km distance of the boundary of settlements containing at least 2,000 population. Due to this year's definition change this has been dropped. Therefore the 1996-2004 data has been revised to remove vacant sites not located within a settlement containing at least 2,000 population (as defined in the latest council approved local plans).

Table 2c: Derelict and Urban Vacant land ¹ by local authority area, 1996-2005 ²

Local Authority	Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land Area (ha) ^R1
Local Authority	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Aberdeen City	190	184	184	139	129	152	152	105	139	187
Aberdeenshire	190	191	152	152	145	143	111	106	106	36
Angus	387	373	379	254	213	215	213	153	152	172
Argyll & Bute	64	55	46	46	45	45	37	37	37	36
Clackmannanshire	71	57	64	63	57	55	76	78	71	91
Dumfries & Galloway	365	371	372	364	361	364	360	358	358	255
Dundee City	282	279	288	254	254	259	247	224	237	216
East Ayrshire	564	564	568	477	441	426	355	330	319	332
East Dunbartonshire	109	113	109	100	86	86	125	113	111	120
East Lothian	261	250	236	106	139	134	127	122	86	84
East Renfrewshire	50	54	42	37	33	32	40	46	56	61
Edinburgh, City of	154	145	143	122	162	167	167	123	117	179
Eilean Siar	16	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Falkirk	395	372	226	196	196	248	270	246	238	195
Fife	767	754	948	975	767	665	665	745	797	897
Glasgow City	1,617	1,580	1,581	1,558	1,476	1,392	1,372	1,335	1,305	1,313
Highland	813	813	813	813	813	813	1,181	1,154	1,147	1,128
Inverclyde	131	122	124	123	126	132	127	142	142	153
Midlothian	458	424	392	394	382	294	295	289	318	317
Moray	41	41	41	41	41	41	39	39	36	37
North Ayrshire	366	387	378	409	391	418	418	545	530	547
North Lanarkshire	2,757	2,366	1,957	2,021	2,021	1,938	1,602	1,509	1,321	1,315
Orkney Islands	25	25	23	38	26	22	22	18	18	12
Perth & Kinross	94	98	132	149	139	106	83	81	86	73
Renfrewshire	347	259	421	413	400	428	989	1,007	1,025	1,002
Scottish Borders	76	90	87	79	79	69	65	65	65	65
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1
South Ayrshire	111	133	152	152	164	156	152	144	144	132
South Lanarkshire	747	684	662	689	702	686	651	635	604	550
Stirling	173	173	161	219	210	200	203	209	202	191
West Dunbartonshire	214	230	243	230	225	216	224	222	220	210
West Lothian	1,100	1,100	1,100	809	809	496	540	523	527	653
Scotland	12,933	12,296	12,037	11,432	11,044	10,411	10,922	10,717	10,529	10,570

2.14 The distribution of derelict and urban vacant land by Local Enterprise Company ( LEC) area is shown in Table 3. The four Local Enterprise Company areas with the highest levels of derelict and urban vacant land are Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire (1,865 hectares), Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (1,313 hectares), Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (1,233 hectares) and Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire (1,215 hectares). Together, they contain 53 per cent of the recorded derelict and urban vacant land in Scotland.

Table 3: Derelict and urban vacant land ¹ by Local Enterprise Company area, 2005 ²

Local Enterprise Company	Derelict Land			Urban Vacant Land			Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
Local Enterprise Company	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 V&D Land (by Area)	No. of Sites
Scottish Enterprise	6,631	87	1,627	2,712	91	1,998	9,343	88	3,625
SE Ayrshire	738	10	206	266	9	176	1,004	9	382
SE Borders	40	1	38	25	1	41	65	1	79
SE Dumfries & Galloway	218	3	29	36	1	16	255	2	45
SE Dunbartonshire	273	4	111	64	2	52	336	3	163
SE Edinburgh & Lothian	1,037	14	196	196	7	94	1,233	12	290
SE Fife	751	10	138	145	5	86	897	8	224
SE Forth Valley	286	4	78	191	6	110	477	5	188
SE Glasgow	747	10	279	566	19	574	1,313	12	853
SE Grampian	81	1	39	143	5	57	223	2	96
SE Lanarkshire	1,356	18	324	509	17	292	1,865	18	616
SE Renfrewshire	909	12	104	306	10	256	1,215	11	360
SE Tayside	196	3	85	265	9	244	461	4	329
Highlands & Islands Enterprise	966	13	237	261	9	231	1,227	12	468
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	14	*	14	22	1	32	37	*	46
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	80	1	72	33	1	41	113	1	113
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	88	1	16	36	1	26	124	1	42
Lochaber Limited	29	*	31	19	1	12	48	*	43
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise	19	*	29	39	1	48	58	1	77
Orkney Enterprise	9	*	10	2	*	5	12	*	15
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	716	9	29	97	3	52	812	8	81
Shetland Enterprise	*	*	1	1	*	3	1	*	4
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	9	*	31	2	*	5	11	*	36
Western Isles Enterprise	1	*	4	10	*	7	11	*	11
Scotland	7,597	*100*	1,864	2,973	*100*	2,229	10,570	*100*	4,093

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. 2002 data has been used for the Scottish Borders council area.

2.15 LEC areas provide the most closely consistent geographical boundaries upon which a time series can be constructed prior to 1996. The only major change following local government reorganisation in 1996 was the expansion of the Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire boundary (See Annex A.12 for details). Tables 4a, 4b and 4c show respectively the distribution of derelict, urban vacant and total derelict and urban vacant land since 1995. The entire series has been adjusted so that Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are included in the figures for Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire and not Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire. The footnotes to the table describe the treatment of other boundary changes. Where a local authority did not participate in the survey in any given year, the most recently collected data have been used to provide estimates for the relevant LEC area. Annex table E shows participation rates by local authorities.

2.16 Since 1995, there has been a decrease in the amount of derelict and urban vacant land recorded from 13,571 hectares in 1995 to 10,570 in 2005 (Table 4c). This is partly attributable to land being brought back into productive use, and partly due to land being removed for definitional reasons or due to naturalisation. The biggest decreases have been in Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire (2,086 hectares), Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothian (774 hectares) and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow (395 hectares).

Table 4a: Derelict land ¹ by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005 ²

Local Enterprise Company	Derelict Land Area (ha)
Local Enterprise Company	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scottish Enterprise	8,409	8,113	7,520	7,448	6,897	6,808	6,451	6,788	6,770	6,669	6,631
SE Ayrshire	623	709	709	712	676	721	746	667	755	736	738
SE Borders	49	54	57	55	48	48	41	40	40	40	40
SE Dumfries & Galloway	304	304	305	305	303	306	307	307	307	307	218
SE Dunbartonshire ³	171	158	178	184	187	195	198	241	242	242	273
SE Edinburgh & Lothian	1,468	1,465	1,415	1,372	1,073	1,127	876	916	888	905	1,037
SE Fife	626	614	620	798	772	613	584	582	648	687	751
SE Forth Valley ^R2	356	358	344	266	285	303	303	341	346	326	286
SE Glasgow ^3,4	888	894	899	883	840	813	756	767	743	733	747
SE Grampian	217	210	242	205	196	195	167	155	143	143	81
SE Lanarkshire ^3,4	3,096	2,693	2,114	1,842	1,812	1,823	1,834	1,569	1,508	1,396	1,356
SE Renfrewshire	121	163	148	331	320	322	334	906	918	927	909
SE Tayside ^R1	491	491	489	496	385	342	306	297	232	227	196
Highlands & Islands Enterprise	374	369	338	339	340	339	374	979	971	969	966
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	12	6	9	11	11	11	11	8	16	17	14
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	82	81	81	80
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	87	87	87	88
Lochaber Limited	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	30	30	29	29
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise	49	47	13	13	13	13	48	20	20	19	19
Orkney Enterprise	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	730	717	716	716
Shetland Enterprise	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Western Isles Enterprise	*	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Scotland	8,783	8,482	7,858	7,787	7,237	7,148	6,825	7,767	7,741	7,638	7,597

Table 4b: Urban vacant land ¹ by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005 ²

Local Enterprise Company	Urban Vacant Land Area (ha) ^R1
Local Enterprise Company	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scottish Enterprise	4,206	3,887	3,886	3,703	3,636	3,349	3,027	2,848	2,685	2,606	2,712
SE Ayrshire	435	332	374	385	365	278	257	259	256	248	266
SE Borders	26	22	33	33	31	31	27	25	25	25	25
SE Dumfries & Galloway	61	61	65	67	61	55	58	52	51	50	36
SE Dunbartonshire ³	182	190	182	177	152	125	114	114	100	96	64
SE Edinburgh & Lothian	539	509	504	499	358	365	215	213	168	144	196
SE Fife	155	153	135	150	203	154	80	83	97	110	145
SE Forth Valley ^R2	323	281	257	184	194	161	201	209	188	185	191
SE Glasgow ^3,4	820	722	681	699	743	689	637	605	592	572	566
SE Grampian	188	170	173	171	136	121	128	107	68	102	143
SE Lanarkshire ^3,4	855	812	936	777	873	874	790	685	636	528	509
SE Renfrewshire	347	364	285	257	253	237	259	250	277	297	306
SE Tayside ^R1	276	272	260	304	268	261	262	246	227	248	265
Highlands & Islands Enterprise	581	564	551	546	559	547	559	307	291	285	261
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	46	34	29	26	26	25	25	22	22	22	22
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	40	40	39	33
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	181	181	181	181	181	181	181	58	43	40	36
Lochaber Limited	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	19	19	20	19
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise	18	16	11	11	11	11	17	43	43	40	39
Orkney Enterprise	15	13	13	11	25	14	19	10	9	9	2
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	99	101	100	97
Shetland Enterprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Western Isles Enterprise	15	14	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Scotland	4,788	4,450	4,438	4,250	4,195	3,897	3,586	3,155	2,977	2,891	2,973

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. See Annex Table E for details of council participation in different years
3. The 'Northern Corridor' (part of the North Lanarkshire Council area) was included in SE Dunbartonshire until 1995, after which it was transferred to SE Lanarkshire.
4. Rutherglen and Cambuslang were included in the SE Glasgow area until 1995, after which they were transferred to SE Lanarkshire.
R1. The previous definition for surveying vacant land allowed local authorities to include sites located within a 1km distance of the boundary of settlements containing at least 2,000 population. Due to this year's definition change this has been dropped. Therefore the 1996-2004 data has been revised to remove vacant sites not located within a settlement containing at least 2,000 population (as defined in latest council approved local plans).

Table 4c: Total derelict and urban vacant land ¹ by Local Enterprise Company area, 1995-2005 ²

Local Enterprise Company	Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land Area (ha) ^R1
Local Enterprise Company	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Scottish Enterprise	12,615	12,000	11,406	11,151	10,534	10,158	9,478	9,636	9,456	9,275	9,343
SE Ayrshire	1,058	1,041	1,083	1,097	1,041	999	1,003	926	1,011	984	1,004
SE Borders	75	76	90	87	79	79	69	65	65	65	65
SE Dumfries & Galloway	365	365	371	372	364	361	364	360	358	358	255
SE Dunbartonshire ³	352	348	361	361	339	321	311	355	342	337	336
SE Edinburgh & Lothian	2,007	1,974	1,919	1,871	1,431	1,492	1,091	1,129	1,056	1,048	1,233
SE Fife	781	767	754	948	975	767	665	665	745	797	897
SE Forth Valley ^R2	679	639	601	451	479	464	503	549	534	512	477
SE Glasgow ^3,4	1,708	1,616	1,580	1,581	1,583	1,502	1,393	1,372	1,335	1,305	1,313
SE Grampian	405	380	415	376	332	315	295	262	212	245	223
SE Lanarkshire ^3,4	3,951	3,505	3,050	2,619	2,685	2,697	2,623	2,253	2,144	1,925	1,865
SE Renfrewshire	468	527	433	587	573	559	593	1,157	1,195	1,223	1,215
SE Tayside ^R1	767	763	750	800	654	602	568	542	459	476	461
Highlands & Islands Enterprise	955	934	888	886	898	887	932	1,286	1,262	1,254	1,227
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	58	40	37	37	37	36	36	31	38	39	37
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	118	118	118	118	118	118	118	122	121	121	113
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	242	243	242	242	242	242	242	146	130	127	124
Lochaber Limited	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	49	49	49	48
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise	67	63	24	24	24	24	64	63	63	59	58
Orkney Enterprise	25	25	25	23	38	26	32	22	18	18	12
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	352	353	352	352	352	352	352	829	819	816	812
Shetland Enterprise	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Western Isles Enterprise	15	16	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Scotland	13,571	12,933	12,296	12,037	11,432	11,044	10,411	10,922	10,717	10,529	10,570

Derelict and urban vacant land within Scotland's National Parks, 2005

2.17 All derelict and urban vacant sites located within Scotland's National Parks are shown in Table 5. In 2005

the survey identified 26 hectares in total of derelict and urban vacant land within Scotland's 2 National Parks. There were 12 hectares of derelict land (22 sites) and 9 hectares of urban vacant land (11 sites) within the Cairngorms National Park. Loch Lomond & The Trossachs had less land overall, with 3 hectares of derelict land (7 sites) and 2 hectares of urban vacant land (2 sites).

Table 5: Derelict and urban vacant land located in Scotland's National Parks (hectares): 2005 ¹

National Park	Derelict Land		Urban Vacant Land		Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
National Park	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Cairngorms	12	22	9	11	21	33
Loch Lomond & The Trossachs	3	7	2	2	5	9
Scotland	16	29	11	13	26	42

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. All sites recorded within the Cairngorms National Park were identified by Highland Council. 21 of the 22 derelict sites recorded above were last surveyed in 1993 (see Annex Table E and section A.11).
3. 7 of the sites within Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park were identified by Stirling Council, with a further 2 identified by West Dunbartonshire Council.

Summary Changes in the area of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in Scotland.

2.18 Table 6 shows a summary of the changes in the area of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in Scotland in 2005. Overall, there were 716 hectares of new sites added to the survey. 735 hectares were brought back into use, 23 were removed for definitional reasons and 72 hectares were removed from the survey due to naturalisation.

Table 6: Summary changes in the area of derelict and urban vacant land recorded in Scotland (hectares): 2005 ¹

	2005
New sites added to survey ²	716
Land removed and brought back into use	735
Land removed for definitional reasons	23
Land removed due to naturalisation	72
Reclaimed to vacant pending new use	23
Recorded total amount of vacant and derelict land	10,570

1. See Annex Table E for details of council participation in 2005.
2. Sites that increase in size are not recorded separately in the survey, consequently the total amount of derelict and urban vacant sites recorded in a particular year may be greater than that expected from the changes recorded since the previous year. This year, it is estimated that 71 hectares have been added to the survey due to sites increasing in size.

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