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Statistical Bulletin ENV/2000/1 Scottish Vacant and Derelict
Land Survey 1999
1. Introduction and summary
1.1 This bulletin presents a summary of the results from
the 1999 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS). It is the ninth
survey in the series including the pilot study in 1988, the first completed
survey in 1990, and enhanced surveys conducted annually since 1993. The survey
is the only national data source for vacant and derelict land.
1.2 The survey is a co-operative effort between local authorities
and the Scottish Executive Development Department. Where data were not provided
in 1999 by some local authorities, data from previous surveys were carried
forward to provide a best estimate. Such cases are indicated in the tables,
and Annex Table C shows annual participation
rates by local authorities since 1994.
1.3 The following main points emerge from the 1999 survey:
- There were 11,982 hectares of vacant and derelict land recorded in 1999
of which 4,549 hectares were vacant and 7,433 hectares were derelict.
- 681 sites (1,429 ha) were reclaimed or brought back into use and a further
101 sites (205 ha) redefined as no longer vacant or derelict. 427 distinct
new sites (939 ha) were added.
- North Lanarkshire, Glasgow City, West Lothian and Fife together contain
48 per cent of recorded vacant and derelict land. Ten local authorities
account for three quarters of recorded vacant and derelict land (see Chart 1).
- Where previous use was known, mineral activities (e.g. coal, sandstone
& limestone extraction) accounted for 41 per cent of recorded derelict
land, whereas agriculture accounted for 36 per cent of recorded vacant land.
These were the most significant previous uses for derelict and vacant land
respectively.
- Over half (51 per cent) of vacant or derelict land for which the length
of time of disuse was known had been unused for at least fourteen years.
- The most common preferred or intended use for vacant land was residential
(31 per cent) and for derelict land was other general industry (18 per cent)
and agriculture (17 per cent).
- The most common new use for derelict land reclaimed in the year since
the previous survey was for mineral activities (26 per cent). For vacant
land brought back into use during the same period, the most common new use
was residential development (37 per cent).
Chart 1: Vacant and derelict land by local authority,
1999
Note: Data for Highland are taken from the 1993 survey
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