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Statistical Bulletin ENV/2000/1 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 1999

Comparison of vacant and derelict land (hectares) between 1997 — 1999

2.9 Table 2 shows a comparison of the areas of vacant and derelict land recorded in the survey years 1997 — 1999. It should be noted that some councils did not participate in the 1999 and/or earlier surveys. In these cases the most recent available data have been used to provide an estimate for the appropriate year. Note also that a large proportion of the change reported between the surveys in 1997 and 1998 was due to sites being removed for definitional reasons.

Table 2: Vacant and derelict land¹ by local authority area, 1997 — 1999²

Local Authority	Derelict Land Area			Vacant Land Area			Total Vacant and Derelict Land Area
Local Authority	1997	1998	1999	1997	1998	1999	1997	1998	1999
Aberdeen City	77	77	68	106	106	71	184	184	139
Aberdeenshire	131	93	93	60	58	59	191	152	152
Angus	333	339	227	42	43	29	375	381	257
Argyll & Bute	22	17	17	41	38	38	63	55	55
Clackmannanshire	36	36	36	21	28	28	57	64	63
Dumfries & Galloway	305	305	303	65	67	61	371	372	364
Dundee City	79	71	74	200	217	257	279	288	331
East Ayrshire	445	453	400	119	114	77	564	568	477
East Dunbartonshire	66	66	64	47	43	36	113	109	100
East Lothian	210	197	80	40	39	26	250	236	106
East Renfrewshire	18	15	13	36	28	24	54	42	37
Edinburgh, City of	79	80	68	66	63	54	145	143	122
Eilean Siar	2	1	1	11	12	10	13	13	11
Falkirk	183	110	103	195	123	101	378	233	204
Fife	620	798	772	135	150	203	754	948	975
Glasgow City	899	883	831	691	709	737	1,590	1,592	1,568
Highland	315	315	315	498	498	498	813	813	813
Inverclyde	69	72	65	53	51	58	122	124	123
Midlothian	363	332	342	61	60	52	424	393	394
Moray	34	34	34	6	6	6	41	41	41
North Ayrshire	239	230	245	153	153	168	392	383	414
North Lanarkshire³	1,651	1,385	1,335	716	572	686	2,367	1,958	2,021
Orkney Islands	12	12	12	13	11	25	25	23	38
Perth & Kinross	78	86	101	46	72	73	123	157	174
Renfrewshire	61	243^R	242	198	175^R	171	259	418^R	413
Scottish Borders	57	55	48	33	33	31	90	87	79
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	25	28	28	108	123	123	133	152	152
South Lanarkshire	463	457	486	220	205	203	684	662	689
Stirling	125	120	146	48	41	73	173	161	219
West Dunbartonshire	99	112	117	132	131	113	230	243	230
West Lothian	762	762	766	453	453	456	1,216	1,216	1,222
Scotland	7,858	7,786^R	7,433	4,612	4,423^R	4,549	12,470	12,209^R	11,982

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years
3 Rise in figures for 1999 primarily due to redefinition of sites. See paragraph 9.2 for details
R Revised data

2.10 The distribution of vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company (LEC) area is shown in Table 3. Local Enterprise Company areas with high levels of derelict land include those of the Lanarkshire Development Agency (1,812 hectares), Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited (1,256 hectares) and Glasgow Development Agency (840 hectares).

Table 3: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1999¹

Local Enterprise Company	Derelict Land			Vacant Land			Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Local Enterprise Company	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites
Scottish Enterprise
Enterprise Ayrshire	676	9	184	369	8	229	1,045	9	413
Scottish Borders Enterprise	48	1	45	31	1	51	79	1	96
Dumfries & Galloway Enterprise	303	4	32	61	1	30	364	3	62
Dunbartonshire Enterprise	187	3	64	160	4	123	347	3	187
Forth Valley Enterprise	285	4	83	202	4	141	487	4	224
Fife Enterprise	772	10	96	203	4	50	975	8	146
Glasgow Development Agency	840	11	290	753	17	677	1,593	13	967
Grampian Enterprise Limited	196	3	89	136	3	101	332	3	190
Lanarkshire Development Agency	1,812	24	482	873	19	404	2,686	22	886
Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise Limited	1,256	17	270	588	13	173	1,844	15	443
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise	13	*	24	10	*	11	24	*	35
Renfrewshire Enterprise Company	320	4	99	253	6	215	573	5	314
Scottish Enterprise Tayside	399	5	89	359	8	209	758	6	298
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	11	*	14	27	1	46	38	*	60
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	63	1	80	55	1	40	118	1	120
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	62	1	31	181	4	106	242	2	137
Lochaber Limited	41	1	38	25	1	21	66	1	59
Orkney Enterprise	12	*	14	25	1	24	38	*	38
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	128	2	29	225	5	94	352	3	123
Shetland Enterprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	9	*	31	1	*	4	11	*	35
Western Isles Enterprise	1	*	2	10	*	7	11	*	9
Scotland	7,433	100	2,086	4,549	100	2,756	11,982	100	4,842

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding

2.11 LEC areas provide the most closely consistent geographical boundaries upon which a time series can be constructed prior to 1996. The only major change following reorganisation in 1996 was the expansion of the Lanarkshire Development Agency boundary to include Rutherglen and Cambuslang from Glasgow Development Agency, and Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and the ‘Northern Corridor’* from Dunbartonshire Enterprise. Table 4 shows the distribution of vacant and derelict land through time. The entire series has been adjusted so that Cumbernauld and Kilsyth are included in the figures for the Lanarkshire Development Agency and not Dunbartonshire Enterprise. The footnotes to the table describe the treatment of other boundary changes.

2.12 Where a local authority which did not participate in the survey in any given year, the most recently collected data have been used to provide estimates for the relevant LEC area. Annex Table C shows participation rates by local authorities.

Table 4: Vacant and derelict land¹ by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993 — 1999²

Local Enterprise Company	Derelict Land Area (ha)							Vacant Land Area (ha)							Total Vacant and Derelict Land Area (ha)
Local Enterprise Company	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Scottish Enterprise
Enterprise Ayrshire	592	625	623	709	709	712	676	505	463	438	337	380	391	369	1,097	1,089	1,061	1,046	1,089	1,102	1,045
Scottish Borders Enterprise	60	49	49	54	57	55	48	128	26	26	22	33	33	31	188	75	75	76	90	87	79
Dumfries & Galloway Enterprise	346	309	304	304	305	305	303	67	59	61	61	65	67	61	413	369	365	365	371	372	364
Dunbartonshire Enterprise³	229	246	229	158	178	184	187	378	301	267	197	189	185	160	608	548	496	355	368	369	347
Forth Valley Enterprise	299	296	356	358	344	266	285	416	379	330	288	264	191	202	714	675	686	646	608	457	487
Fife Enterprise	1,118	656	626	614	620	798	772	97	48	155	153	135	150	203	1,214	703	781	767	754	948	975
Glasgow Development Agency⁴	1,073	1,247	1,224	894	899	883	840	1,063	888	882	726	691	709	753	2,137	2,135	2,105	1,620	1,590	1,592	1,593
Grampian Enterprise Limited^R	466	220	216	210	208	171	162	263	211	188	170	167	165	130	729	432	405	379	374	335	291
Lanarkshire Development Agency^3,4	2,808	2,840	2,702	2,693	2,114	1,842	1,812	977	792	717	812	936	778	873	3,785	3,632	3,419	3,504	3,050	2,620	2,686
Lothian & Edinburgh Enterprise Limited	1,516	1,528	1,468	1,465	1,415	1,372	1,256	658	685	655	625	620	615	588	2,174	2,213	2,123	2,089	2,035	1,987	1,844
Moray, Badenoch & Strathspey Enterprise^R	51	49	49	47	47	47	47	19	19	19	16	16	16	16	71	67	67	65	65	65	65
Renfrewshire Enterprise Company	143	135	121	163	148	330^R	320	448	353	347	364	287	255^R	253	591	488	468	527	434	584^R	573
Scottish Enterprise Tayside	494	492	491	491	489	496	399	311	300	301	299	288	331	359	806	791	792	791	777	827	758
Highlands & Islands Enterprise
Argyll & The Islands Enterprise	5	6	6	6	9	11	11	43	43	42	35	30	27	27	48	49	48	41	38	38	38
Caithness & Sutherland Enterprise	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	118	118	118	118	118	118	118
Inverness & Nairn Enterprise	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	181	181	181	181	181	181	181	242	242	242	242	242	242	242
Lochaber Limited	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	66	66	66	66	66	66	66
Orkney Enterprise	17	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	13	13	11	25	28	26	25	25	25	23	38
Ross & Cromarty Enterprise	128	128	128	128	128	128	128	225	225	225	225	225	225	225	352	352	352	352	352	352	352
Shetland Enterprise	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-
Skye & Lochalsh Enterprise	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Western Isles Enterprise	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	15	15	14	11	12	10	9	15	15	16	13	13	11
Scotland	9,522	9,012	8,778	8,482	7,858	7786^R	7,433	5,879	5,082	4,944	4,618	4,612	4423^R	4,549	15,400	14,094	13,721	13,101	12,470	12209^R	11,982

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years
3 The ‘Northern Corridor’ (part of the North Lanarkshire Council area) was included in the Dunbartonshire Enterprise area until 1995, after which it was transferred to Lanarkshire Development Agency.
4 Rutherglen and Cambuslang were included in the Glasgow Development Agency area until 1995, after which they were transferred to Lanarkshire Development Agency.
R Revised data

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