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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.
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 |
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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 |
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Aberdeen City | 72 | 100 | 18 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 72 | 18 |
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Aberdeenshire | 5 | 53 | 8 | * | 3 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4 | * | 9 | 21 |
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Angus | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 80 | 20 | 2 | 118 | 31 |
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Argyll & Bute | 6 | 44 | 7 | * | 6 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | * | 13 | 14 |
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Clackmannanshire | 29 | 63 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | 37 | 2 | * | 46 | 13 |
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Dumfries & Galloway | 17 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 190 | 87 | 8 | 5 | 218 | 29 |
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Dundee City | 39 | 100 | 18 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 39 | 18 |
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East Ayrshire | 47 | 16 | 27 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 218 | 76 | 32 | 6 | 287 | 70 |
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East Dunbartonshire | 64 | 69 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 28 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 92 | 23 |
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East Lothian | 28 | 37 | 22 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 47 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 75 | 36 |
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East Renfrewshire | 41 | 100 | 27 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 27 |
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Edinburgh, City of | 43 | 52 | 15 | 1 | 38 | 46 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | * | 83 | 21 |
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Eilean Siar | 1 | 100 | 4 | * | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
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Falkirk | 45 | 55 | 19 | 1 | * | * | 1 | * | 36 | 45 | 17 | 1 | 82 | 37 |
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Fife | 205 | 27 | 89 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 536 | 71 | 30 | 14 | 751 | 138 |
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Glasgow City | 653 | 87 | 265 | 20 | - | - | - | - | 94 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 747 | 279 |
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Highland | 139 | 15 | 56 | 4 | 53 | 6 | 67 | 14 | 741 | 79 | 78 | 19 | 934 | 201 |
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Inverclyde | 62 | 99 | 34 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 63 | 35 |
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Midlothian | 75 | 26 | 42 | 2 | 1 | * | 2 | * | 208 | 73 | 45 | 5 | 284 | 89 |
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Moray | 7 | 100 | 7 | * | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 |
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North Ayrshire | 201 | 58 | 60 | 6 | 69 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 76 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 346 | 112 |
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North Lanarkshire | 606 | 64 | 108 | 18 | 83 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 256 | 27 | 77 | 7 | 945 | 204 |
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Orkney Islands | 4 | 44 | 3 | * | 1 | 10 | 3 | * | 4 | 46 | 4 | * | 9 | 10 |
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Perth & Kinross | 16 | 41 | 16 | * | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 49 | 12 | * | 39 | 36 |
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Renfrewshire | 73 | 9 | 40 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 733 | 91 | 2 | 19 | 805 | 42 |
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Scottish Borders | 21 | 54 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 41 | 2 | * | 40 | 38 |
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Shetland Islands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | * | 100 | 1 | * | * | 1 |
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South Ayrshire | 112 | 99 | 29 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 113 | 30 |
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South Lanarkshire | 189 | 46 | 75 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 203 | 49 | 33 | 5 | 411 | 120 |
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Stirling | 77 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 77 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 158 | 28 |
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West Dunbartonshire | 133 | 76 | 74 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 8 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 175 | 82 |
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West Lothian | 256 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 327 | 55 | 36 | 8 | 595 | 50 |
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Scotland | 3,285 | 43 | 1,167 | 100 | 383 | 5 | 209 | 100 | 3,929 | 52 | 488 | 100 | 7,597 | 1,864 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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In a settlement of 2,000+ | 464 | 65 | 203 | 67 | 362 | 63 | 81 | 55 | 57 | 46 | 1,167 | 63 | 2.8 |
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In a settlement of under 2,000 | 110 | 15 | 39 | 13 | 42 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 209 | 11 | 1.8 |
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In the countryside | 141 | 20 | 62 | 20 | 171 | 30 | 57 | 39 | 57 | 46 | 488 | 26 | 8.1 |
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Total | 715 | 100 | 304 | 100 | 575 | 100 | 147 | 100 | 123 | 100 | 1,864 | 100 | 4.1 |
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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).
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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