Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 1998: ENV/1999/1: Page 2

Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 1998: ENV/1999/1

2. Vacant and derelict land

Table 1:

Vacant and derelict land by local authority area 1998

	Derelict Land			Vacant Land			Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City⁵	77	1	35	106	2	75	184	2	110
Aberdeenshire	93	1	29	59	1	41	152	1	70
Angus	339	4	47	43	1	25	381	3	72
Argyll & Bute	17	*	21	38	1	54	55	*	75
Clackmannanshire	36	*	16	28	1	17	64	1	33
Dumfries & Galloway	305	4	35	67	2	30	372	3	65
Dundee City⁴	71	1	30	217	5	184	288	2	214
East Ayrshire	453	6	97	114	3	131	568	5	228
East Dunbartonshire	66	1	21	43	1	22	109	1	43
East Lothian	197	3	27	39	1	27	236	2	54
East Renfrewshire	15	*	2	28	1	37	42	*	39
Edinburgh, City of	80	1	27	63	1	47	143	1	74
Eilean Siar	1	*	2	12	*	8	13	*	10
Falkirk	110	1	50	123	3	84	233	2	134
Fife	798	10	107	150	3	51	948	8	158
Glasgow City	883	11	291	709	16	667	1,592	13	958
Highland²	315	4	233	498	11	276	813	7	509
Inverclyde	72	1	47	52	1	74	124	1	121
Midlothian	332	4	108	60	1	32	393	3	140
Moray⁴	34	*	36	6	*	11	41	*	47
North Ayrshire	230	3	90	153	3	101	383	3	191
North Lanarkshire	1,385	18	430	572	13	275	1,958	16	705
Orkney Islands	12	*	15	11	*	20	23	*	35
Perthshire & Kinross	86	1	23	72	2	15	157	1	38
Renfrewshire	244	3	48	177	4	99	421	3	147
Scottish Borders	55	1	53	33	1	56	87	1	109
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	28	*	18	123	3	37	152	1	55
South Lanarkshire	457	6	130	205	5	158	662	5	288
Stirling	120	2	19	41	1	13	161	1	32
West Dunbartonshire	112	1	39	131	3	103	243	2	142
West Lothian³	762	10	96	453	10	77	1,216	10	173
Scotland	7,787	100	2,222	4,425	100	2,847	12,212	100	5,069

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding.

2 1993 data have been used for this authority.

3 1995 data have been used for this authority.

4 1996 data have been used for these authorities.

5 1997 data have been used for this authority.

2.1 The survey covers vacant land in, or close to, urban areas and derelict land in both urban and rural areas, subject to certain agreed exclusions and to interpretation by those carrying out the survey. Sites covering less than 0.1 hectares are excluded unless a group of adjacent sites exceeds 0.1 hectare and can be counted as one. The forms used for recording site information are shown in the Annex.

2.2 Derelict land (and buildings) is land which has been so damaged by development or use, that it is incapable of being developed for beneficial use without rehabilitation, and which is not being used for either the purpose for which it is held, or for a use acceptable in the local plan. The main exceptions are operational sites where rehabilitation would not be possible or appropriate within 5 years, and land which is derelict through natural causes (for example neglected woodland/farmland) and which appears to have blended into the landscape. All sites where contamination is known or suspected are classed as derelict.

2.3 Vacant land is broadly defined as land in urban settlements (with a population of 2,000 or more) or within one kilometre of the edge of such settlements, which is considered to show the characteristics of urban vacant land (e.g. land which is unused or unsightly, or which would benefit from development or improvement etc). The main exceptions are land held for operational needs, agricultural land, urban fringe land, and open space within the built up area, even where these offer the prospects of future development. Full details of the definitions are given in the annex.