Site Register
A register of each urban vacant and derelict site surveyed by local authorities in the 2007 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS) is available. Please note that it is the local authorities who are the original data owners of information on individual sites. The information should not be used in such a way that would infringe copyright. Permission should be obtained from the relevant local authority before any such use. Contact details for each local authority are also available alongside the individual site information in the register.
If you have an enquiry about a specific site on the register, you should contact the local authority where the site is situated. If you are interested in purchasing a site on the register, you should contact the owners of the land. The relevant local authority may be able to provide details of the land owner. Contact information for each local authority in Scotland is shown alongside the site register.
Alternatively, you could contact the Registers of Scotland which is an Executive Agency responsible for maintaining records relating to property in Scotland. Contact details for the Registers of Scotland can be found at their website.
The variables shown for each site in the register are -
- Local Authority
The local authority whose boundaries the site is situated within. - Site Code
A reference to the site that uniquely identifies it to the local authority it lies within. - Site Name
The name given to the site. Not every site has been named by local authorities. - Site Size
The size of the site in Hectares. To qualify for inclusion in the SVDLS, all sites must be at least 0.1 hectares in size. - Site Type
The type of each site, whether it is urban vacant or derelict. Derelict sites can be classified as either derelict buildings, derelict land, derelict land and buildings or operational land defined as derelict. Urban vacant sites are either vacant land or vacant land and buildings. - Location of Site
General location of site. Derelict sites can either be in a settlement of population 2,000 and over, a settlement of under 2,000 in population or in the countryside. Urban Vacant sites can either be in a settlement of population 2,000 and over or a settlement of under 2,000 in population. Please note that the SVDLS only applies to urban vacant land located within any settlement as defined by local authorities in their latest council approved local plan. Not every local authority in 2008 was able to survey for urban vacant land in settlements of below 2,000 in population. Therefore, to ensure overall consistency, the 2008 SVDLS bulletin refers only to urban vacant land located within settlements of 2,000 and over. All urban vacant sites located within a settlement of under 2,000 in population are referred to in the Annex of the 2008 bulletin. - EAST/NORTH
The Easting and Northing grid reference for each site centroid. - Year of Survey
The last year in which the site was surveyed. All sites were surveyed in 2008, with the exception of sites in the three non-participating authorities (Aberdeenshire, East Ayrshire, Moray) (2007), and those derelict sites located outwith settlements of at least 2,000 population, outwith the Inner Moray Firth area of Highland council (2006).