1. Introduction and summary

Chart 1: Vacant and derelict land by unitary authority, 1996
Table 1: Vacant and derelict land by unitary authority area

2. Vacant and derelict Land

Vacant and derelict land by council
Derelict land
Chart 2 : Derelict land as a percentage of an authority’s total land area
Vacant land
Comparison of vacant and derelict land between 1995 and 1996
Table 2 : Vacant and derelict land by unitary authority area 1995 and 1996
Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area
Table 3: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company
Table 4: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company

3. Ownership of vacant and derelict land

Table 5: Ownership of vacant and derelict land
Table 6: Vacant and derelict land by principal owner

4. Contamination of vacant and derelict land

Table 7: Contamination of vacant and derelict land
Table 8: Type of contamination of derelict contaminated land
Table 9: Known Contaminated land by Local Enterprise Company

5. Previous uses of vacant and derelict land

Table 10: Previous uses of vacant and derelict land
Chart 3 : Previous uses of vacant and derelict land

6. Length of time land has lain vacant and derelict

Table 11: Length of time land has lain vacant and derelict
Table 12: Length of time land has lain vacant and derelict by size of site

7. Preferred or intended uses

Table 13: Preferred or intended uses for vacant and derelict land
Chart 4: Preferred or intended uses of vacant and derelict land

8. Location of derelict land

Table 14: Location of derelict land by council and islands area
Table 15: Derelict land by location and size of site
Chart 5 : Urban derelict land as a percentage of an authority’s total urban land area

9. New sites

Table 16: New sites since the 1995 survey by council and islands area

10. Reuse of vacant and derelict land

Table 17: Derelict land reclaimed and vacant land brought back into use since 1995 survey by council
Table 18: Vacant land brought back into use and derelict land reclaimed since 1995 survey by new use

Annex Table A: Derelict land as a percentage of total area by council and islands area

Annex Table B : Sites removed for definitional reasons by council and islands area

GUIDANCE NOTES

VACANT LAND (URBAN)
LAND BROUGHT BACK INTO USE/RECLAIMED SINCE LAST SURVEY
SCOTTISH VACANT AND DERELICT LAND SURVEY - DATA PROTOCOL