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

9 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict

9.1 Where the length of time a site had lain unused was known, 18 per cent (1,074 hectares) of vacant and derelict land within settlements and 40 per cent (1,514 hectares) of derelict land within the countryside had been unused since before 1981 (Table 17 and Table 18). This figure varies widely between the different local authorities.

Table 17: Sites in Settlements: Date when vacant or derelict ^1-4 land was first identified, by local authority area, 2005

Local Authority	Pre-1981		1981-1985		1986-1990		1991-1995		1996-2000		2001-2005		Unknown ⁴	Total
Local Authority	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Area (ha)
Aberdeen City	4	7	-	7	5	15	2	19	18	48	33	100	124	187
Aberdeenshire	2	27	*	29	1	40	5	89	1	100	-	100	25	34
Angus	13	17	1	18	1	20	12	35	10	48	40	100	1	78
Argyll & Bute	4	14	9	51	7	81	5	100	-	100	-	100	11	35
Clackmannanshire	12	16	-	16	23	47	-	47	25	81	14	100	-	74
Dumfries & Galloway	29	61	1	63	1	65	1	67	6	80	9	100	17	64
Dundee City	86	41	2	42	22	53	15	60	61	89	23	100	7	216
East Ayrshire	-	-	33	29	32	57	19	73	8	80	23	100	*	113
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	27	30	3	33	19	54	5	60	37	100	-	92
East Lothian	12	39	*	40	1	42	2	48	12	86	4	100	6	37
East Renfrewshire	3	6	6	15	3	21	18	51	5	60	24	100	-	61
Edinburgh, City of	12	14	-	14	9	24	40	70	3	74	22	100	91	177
Eilean Siar	1	11	1	29	*	31	3	89	*	96	*	100	6	11
Falkirk	45	29	9	35	8	41	31	61	46	90	15	100	4	158
Fife	13	7	14	14	12	20	8	24	24	37	123	100	168	361
Glasgow City	265	22	317	48	95	56	165	69	219	87	157	100	-	1,219
Highland	188	50	37	60	102	87	31	95	13	98	7	100	9	387
Inverclyde	11	7	11	14	8	20	27	37	59	77	35	100	2	152
Midlothian	76	88	1	88	2	90	2	93	1	94	5	100	22	109
Moray	19	56	-	56	2	62	7	83	3	93	2	100	4	37
North Ayrshire	19	4	91	23	88	42	73	58	96	78	104	100	*	472
North Lanarkshire	127	12	163	27	86	36	449	78	110	89	121	100	3	1,059
Orkney Islands	7	98	-	98	-	98	-	98	*	100	-	100	-	7
Perth & Kinross	6	13	2	18	-	18	10	41	7	57	19	100	10	54
Renfrewshire	-	-	65	24	58	45	17	52	53	72	77	100	-	269
Scottish Borders	12	34	6	53	2	59	10	88	4	100	-	100	14	49
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	33	1	100	-	100	-	1
South Ayrshire	-	-	42	36	49	79	3	82	14	94	7	100	16	131
South Lanarkshire	10	4	168	64	41	78	18	84	9	87	35	100	67	347
Stirling	1	1	34	47	*	47	*	48	29	86	10	100	39	114
West Dunbartonshire	35	17	22	28	30	42	38	60	51	85	32	100	2	210
West Lothian	62	23	-	23	154	81	-	81	6	83	44	100	60	327
Scotland	1,074	18	1,062	36	845	50	1,029	68	899	83	1,023	*100*	709	6,641

1. Figures are for total urban vacant land in settlements of 2,000 and over and derelict land in all settlements
2. Settlements as defined by local authorities in their latest council approved local plans (see Annex Section A.7)
3. Figures may not sum due to rounding
4. 2002 data have been used for the Scottish Borders council areas.
5. Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values.

Table 18: Sites in the Countryside: Date when derelict ^1-3 land was first identified, by local authority area, 2005

Local Authority	Pre-1981		1981-1985		1986-1990		1991-1995		1996-2000		2001-2005		Unknown ⁴	Total
Local Authority	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Cumulative %	Area (ha)	Area (ha)
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeenshire	1	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	1	2
Angus	87	93	-	93	4	97	1	97	2	99	1	100	1	95
Argyll & Bute	*	31	-	31	1	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	1
Clackmannanshire	9	52	-	52	-	52	-	52	-	52	8	100	-	17
Dumfries & Galloway	138	77	-	77	3	79	37	100	-	100	-	100	12	190
Dundee City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	-	17	10	155	99	1	100	-	100	-	100	45	218
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	6	20	3	30	8	59	2	65	10	100	-	28
East Lothian	18	46	6	52	2	58	-	58	19	100	-	100	3	47
East Renfrewshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	3	12	11	60	3	72	2	80	5	99	*	100	13	36
Fife	26	5	16	8	305	66	1	67	104	87	70	100	14	536
Glasgow City	-	-	31	33	-	33	35	70	12	83	16	100	-	94
Highland	708	98	18	98	5	99	8	100	-	100	-	100	2	741
Inverclyde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	100	-	1
Midlothian	104	54	4	55	23	67	*	67	27	81	38	100	12	208
Moray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	8	6	13	28	4	33	29	73	19	99	1	100	1	76
North Lanarkshire	82	46	75	62	36	76	16	83	28	94	16	100	4	256
Orkney Islands	4	59	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	4
Perth & Kinross	1	7	3	24	3	43	7	83	1	90	2	100	2	19
Renfrewshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	733	100	-	100	-	733
Scottish Borders	16	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	16
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
South Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
South Lanarkshire	34	29	25	42	64	87	12	95	*	95	7	100	62	203
Stirling	73	95	-	95	2	98	*	98	2	100	-	100	1	77
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	203	63	-	63	1	64	32	74	3	75	81	100	7	327
Scotland	1,514	40	223	46	613	63	191	68	956	93	250	*100*	182	3,929

1. Figures are for total derelict land in the Countryside.
2. Figures may not sum due to rounding
3. 2002 data have been used for the Scottish Borders council area.
4. Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values

9.2 Table 19 identifies those vacant and derelict sites in settlements where the land that has been unused since before 1991. 58 per cent of derelict land within settlements has been unused since before 1991 compared with 40 per cent of vacant land.

Table 19: Sites in Settlements that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1991 ^1-3, by local authority area, 2005

Local Authority	Derelict Land					Vacant Land					Total Vacant and Derelict Land
	Pre-1991			Unknown ⁴	Total	Pre-1991			Unknown ⁴	Total	Pre-1991			Unknown ⁴	Total
	Area (ha)	% of urban derelict land ⁵	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	Area (ha)	Area (ha)	% of urban vacant land ⁵	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	Area (ha)	Area (ha)	% of total urban land ⁵	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	Area (ha)
Aberdeen City	4	25	1	54	72	5	12	2	70	116	10	15	3	124	187
Aberdeenshire	1	15	2	4	8	3	57	3	22	27	4	40	5	25	34
Angus	12	50	5	-	24	3	6	4	1	54	15	20	9	1	78
Argyll & Bute	7	69	2	2	12	12	90	22	9	23	20	81	24	11	35
Clackmannanshire	27	93	7	-	29	8	17	6	-	45	35	47	13	-	74
Dumfries & Galloway	4	22	1	11	28	27	88	7	6	36	31	65	8	17	64
Dundee City	28	74	8	*	39	82	48	66	6	177	110	53	74	7	216
East Ayrshire	37	55	20	-	68	27	60	30	*	45	64	57	50	*	113
East Dunbartonshire	21	33	6	-	64	9	34	9	-	28	31	33	15	-	92
East Lothian	12	49	5	4	28	1	17	1	2	9	13	42	6	6	37
East Renfrewshire	6	15	6	-	41	7	34	5	-	20	13	21	11	-	61
Edinburgh, City of	10	18	4	25	81	11	37	9	66	96	21	24	13	91	177
Eilean Siar	1	72	1	-	1	1	17	2	6	10	2	31	3	6	11
Falkirk	9	19	5	1	45	54	49	36	3	113	63	41	41	4	158
Fife	27	35	14	139	216	12	11	7	29	145	39	20	21	168	361
Glasgow City	451	69	156	-	653	226	40	231	-	566	677	56	387	-	1,219
Highland	173	93	84	7	192	155	80	98	2	195	328	87	182	9	387
Inverclyde	14	22	14	*	62	16	18	15	1	90	30	20	29	2	152
Midlothian	65	93	23	6	76	13	78	9	16	33	78	90	32	22	109
Moray	2	23	3	-	7	19	72	20	4	30	20	62	23	4	37
North Ayrshire	137	51	43	-	270	61	30	37	*	202	198	42	80	*	472
North Lanarkshire	296	43	62	3	688	79	21	54	*	370	375	36	116	3	1,059
Orkney Islands	5	97	5	-	5	2	100	5	-	2	7	98	10	-	7
Perth & Kinross	4	34	5	7	20	3	11	2	4	34	8	18	7	10	54
Renfrewshire	34	47	12	-	73	88	45	31	-	197	122	45	43	-	269
Scottish Borders	12	73	13	7	24	8	46	15	7	25	20	59	28	14	49
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
South Ayrshire	79	78	9	10	112	11	87	6	6	19	91	79	15	16	131
South Lanarkshire	164	91	57	27	208	55	55	61	39	139	219	78	118	67	347
Stirling	35	69	3	29	81	-	-	-	10	33	35	47	3	39	114
West Dunbartonshire	63	36	28	1	175	25	72	21	1	35	87	42	49	2	210
West Lothian	166	77	7	52	268	50	99	13	8	58	216	81	20	60	327
Scotland	1,906	58	611	391	3,668	1,075	40	827	318	2,973	2,981	50	1,438	709	6,641

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. The date when site first became vacant or derelict is unknown. Unknown values are excluded from the calculations of percentage values.
5. The percentage of sites in settlements (urban land) that has been unused since before 1991. This refers to urban vacant land in settlements of 2,000 and over and derelict land in all settlements.

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9 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict