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

7 Location of derelict land

7.1 The survey covers derelict sites both within settlements (as defined in the latest council approved local plans) and the countryside. Map 2 (on page 22 overleaf) shows the location of derelict sites across the central belt area of Scotland in 2005. It uses the OS Grid references provided by each local authority for the derelict sites within their administrative areas.

7.2 The distribution of derelict land within settlements of 2,000 and over in population, under 2,000 in population and within the countryside is shown split by local authority area in Table 13. In Scotland as a whole, over half the recorded area of derelict land is in the countryside (52 per cent). Of the 3,668 hectares of derelict land located within settlements, 3,285 hectares (90 per cent) are within settlements of 2,000 and over in population and the remaining 383 hectares (10 per cent) are within settlements with populations of under 2,000.

7.3 The local authorities with the largest areas of derelict land recorded in settlements for the 2005 survey were North Lanarkshire (688 hectares) and Glasgow City (653 hectares). Together they account for 37 per cent of all settlement based derelict land. The local authorities with the largest areas of derelict land within the countryside were Highland (741 hectares) and Renfrewshire (733 hectares). Together they account for 38 per cent of all countryside based derelict land. The average size of derelict sites within settlements is 2.7 hectares, compared to an average size of 8.1 hectares for countryside sites.

Derelict Sites map

Table 13: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2005 ^{1, 2,3}

Local Authority	In Settlements with population of 2,000 +				In settlements of population under 2,000				In the Countryside				All Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of LA's sites in settlements of 2000+ (by Area)	No of Sites	% of Scottish sites in settlements of 2000+ (by Area) ⁴	Area (ha)	% of LA's sites in settlements of under 2,000 (by Area)	No of Sites	% of Scottish sites in settlements of under 2,000 (by Area) ⁵	Area (ha)	% of LA's sites in the Countryside (by Area)	No of Sites	% of Scottish sites in the Countryside (by Area) ⁶	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	72	100	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	18
Aberdeenshire	5	53	8	*	3	30	9	1	2	17	4	*	9	21
Angus	20	17	10	1	4	3	1	1	95	80	20	2	118	31
Argyll & Bute	6	44	7	*	6	49	4	2	1	7	3	*	13	14
Clackmannanshire	29	63	11	1	-	-	-	-	17	37	2	*	46	13
Dumfries & Galloway	17	8	15	1	11	5	6	3	190	87	8	5	218	29
Dundee City	39	100	18	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	18
East Ayrshire	47	16	27	1	21	7	11	6	218	76	32	6	287	70
East Dunbartonshire	64	69	15	2	-	-	-	-	28	31	8	1	92	23
East Lothian	28	37	22	1	-	-	-	-	47	63	14	1	75	36
East Renfrewshire	41	100	27	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	27
Edinburgh, City of	43	52	15	1	38	46	5	10	2	2	1	*	83	21
Eilean Siar	1	100	4	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4
Falkirk	45	55	19	1	*	*	1	*	36	45	17	1	82	37
Fife	205	27	89	6	10	1	19	3	536	71	30	14	751	138
Glasgow City	653	87	265	20	-	-	-	-	94	13	14	2	747	279
Highland	139	15	56	4	53	6	67	14	741	79	78	19	934	201
Inverclyde	62	99	34	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	*	63	35
Midlothian	75	26	42	2	1	*	2	*	208	73	45	5	284	89
Moray	7	100	7	*	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7
North Ayrshire	201	58	60	6	69	20	21	18	76	22	31	2	346	112
North Lanarkshire	606	64	108	18	83	9	19	22	256	27	77	7	945	204
Orkney Islands	4	44	3	*	1	10	3	*	4	46	4	*	9	10
Perth & Kinross	16	41	16	*	4	10	8	1	19	49	12	*	39	36
Renfrewshire	73	9	40	2	-	-	-	-	733	91	2	19	805	42
Scottish Borders	21	54	31	1	2	6	5	1	16	41	2	*	40	38
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	100	1	*	*	1
South Ayrshire	112	99	29	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	*	113	30
South Lanarkshire	189	46	75	6	19	5	12	5	203	49	33	5	411	120
Stirling	77	49	9	2	3	2	7	1	77	49	12	2	158	28
West Dunbartonshire	133	76	74	4	41	24	8	11	-	-	-	-	175	82
West Lothian	256	43	13	8	12	2	1	3	327	55	36	8	595	50
Scotland	3,285	43	1,167	*100*	383	5	209	*100*	3,929	52	488	*100*	7,597	1,864

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding
2. 2002 data have been used for the Scottish Borders council area.
3. Settlements as defined by local authorities in their latest council approved local plans (see Annex Section A.7)
4. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land that is within settlements of 2,000+ population in Scotland
5. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land that is within settlements of under 2,000 population in Scotland.
6. As a percentage of the total amount of derelict land that is within the countryside in Scotland.

Table 14: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2005 ^{1, 2,3}

Location	Size of Derelict Site												Average size of site (ha)
	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		Total
	No. of Sites	% of Sites	No. of Sites	% of Sites	No. of Sites	% of Sites	No. of Sites	% of Sites	No. of Sites	% of Sites	No. of Sites	% of Sites
In a settlement of 2,000+	464	65	203	67	362	63	81	55	57	46	1,167	63	2.8
In a settlement of under 2,000	110	15	39	13	42	7	9	6	9	7	209	11	1.8
In the countryside	141	20	62	20	171	30	57	39	57	46	488	26	8.1
Total	715	*100*	304	*100*	575	*100*	147	*100*	123	*100*	1,864	*100*	4.1

7.4 Table 14 shows the distribution of derelict sites in relation to size. It shows that 80 per cent of small sites (under 1 hectare) are located within settlements, compared with 54 per cent of sites over 10 hectares.

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