Statistical Bulletin ENV/2000/1 Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land survey 1999: page 4


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

3. Ownership of vacant and derelict land

3.1 Table 5 shows ownership of vacant and derelict sites. For those sites where ownership was known, private ownership represents the most significant category of vacant land (48 per cent): the figure is higher for derelict land (66 per cent). Only 5 per cent of vacant or derelict land was known to be in mixed public and private ownership. 19 per cent of all vacant and derelict land had one or more unknown owners, which may mask the true scale of mixed ownership and category of ownership.

Table 5: Ownership of vacant and derelict land¹, 1999²

Ownership	Derelict Land			Vacant Land			Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Ownership	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites
Public	1,688	29	375	1,696	44	1,107	3,385	35	1,482
Private	3,914	66	1,132	1,844	48	1,054	5,758	59	2,186
Mixed	285	5	97	300	8	107	585	6	204
Unknown^3,4	1,546	-	482	708	-	487	2,254	-	969
Total	7,433	100	2,086	4,549	100	2,755	11,982	100	4,841

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years
3 Sites might in multiple ownership, and the status of at least one owner is unknown
4 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values

3.2 Table 6 shows vacant and derelict land by principle owner. The known owners of most vacant and derelict land are Local Authorities with 2,105 hectares (18 per cent). Several other categories of owner hold an excess of 300 hectares, namely Private Coal Companies (366 hectares), Local Enterprise Companies (327 hectares) and Railtrack/Scotrail (315 hectares). The large amount of land where ownership is uncertain illustrates the difficulties experienced by many local authorities in collecting this information.

Table 6: Vacant and derelict land¹ by principle owner, 1999²

Ownership	Derelict Land		Vacant Land		Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Ownership	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Public
Defence	197	6	27	3	225	9
Health Boards/NHS Trusts	58	11	115	27	173	38
Property Services Agency	-	-	*	1	*	1
Scottish Executive	-	-	18	5	18	5
Local Authority	945	308	1,161	948	2,105	1,256
Other National or Local Government	37	12	4	5	41	17
British Waterways Board	6	4	2	5	8	9
Coal Authority	143	4	-	-	143	4
Post Office	2	2	-	-	2	2
Public Port Authority	9	3	16	5	26	8
Other Nationalised Industry or Statutory Undertakers	5	3	68	6	73	9
Highlands and Islands Enterprise	5	2	11	3	16	5
Housing Association	4	8	50	62	54	70
Scottish Enterprise	88	11	148	40	236	51
Scottish Homes	6	2	4	8	10	10
Other non-Crown	126	13	155	13	281	26
Private
British Gas	71	25	5	3	76	28
British Steel	100	6	4	2	104	8
British/Scottish Telecom	4	1	2	3	6	4
Harbour Trust	5	2	*	1	5	3
Hydro Electric	-	-	1	2	1	2
Local Enterprise Company	104	24	223	45	327	69
Private Coal Company	365	5	1	1	366	6
Private Port Company	65	20	7	11	72	31
Railtrack/Scotrail	198	60	118	32	315	92
Scottish Power	35	5	-	-	35	5
Other Private	3,119	1,029	1,631	987	4,750	2,016
Ownership Unknown	1,735	520	778	537	2,513	1,057
Total	7,433	2,086	4,549	2,755	11,982	4,841

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years

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