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

5. Previous uses of vacant and derelict land

5.1 The previous uses of vacant and derelict sites are shown in Table 10.

Table 10: Previous uses of vacant and derelict sites, 1999^1,2

Previous Use	Derelict Land			Vacant Land			Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Previous Use	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area	No. of Sites
Agriculture	258	4	118	1,351	36	441	1,609	15	559
Business Class	3	*	6	*	*	1	4	*	7
Community & Health	447	7	81	284	8	75	731	7	156
Defence	756	11	44	94	3	16	850	8	60
Education	39	1	29	96	3	68	135	1	97
Forestry/Woodland	17	*	11	19	1	18	36	*	29
Manufacturing	1,313	19	282	348	9	152	1,661	16	434
Mineral Activity	2,738	41	442	201	5	28	2,939	28	470
Nature Conservation	-	-	-	1	*	1	1	*	1
Offices	1	*	2	6	*	15	6	*	17
Other General Industry³	99	1	73	127	3	129	227	2	202
Passive Open Space	22	*	27	158	4	137	181	2	164
Recreation & Leisure⁴	73	1	54	115	3	77	188	2	131
Residential	149	2	187	362	10	462	511	5	649
Retailing	16	*	40	23	1	43	39	*	83
Storage	196	3	80	85	2	82	281	3	162
Transport	423	6	203	279	7	127	702	7	330
Utility Services	32	*	19	32	1	21	64	1	40
Wholesale Distribution	6	*	8	12	*	7	19	*	15
Other	152	2	61	142	4	94	294	3	155
Unknown⁵	693	-	319	811	-	761	1,505	-	1,080
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 Excluding manufacturing
4 Excluding passive open space
5 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages

5.2 Where the previous use is known, 41 per cent of derelict land recorded in 1999 had formerly been used for mineral activity, whereas the most common previous use for recorded vacant land was for agriculture (36 per cent). The second most common previous use for derelict land was manufacturing, including chemical production, metal works and shipbuilding, accounting for 19 per cent of recorded derelict land. The second most common previous use for vacant land was residential use, accounting for 10 per cent of recorded vacant land, although almost as much land area had previously been used for manufacturing (9 per cent).

5.3 Chart 4 shows the 20 most common previous uses of vacant and derelict land, ranked by area.

Chart 4: Previous uses of vacant and derelict land, 1999¹

Chart 4

1 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years

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5. Previous uses of vacant and derelict land

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