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

6. Length of time land has lain vacant or derelict

6.1 For sites where the length of time for which vacancy or dereliction was known, a total of 37 per cent (2,474 hectares) of derelict land and 31 per cent (1,306) of vacant land had been unused since before 1981. Overall, only 29 per cent (3,175 hectares) of land was known to have become vacant or derelict since 1991.

Table 11: Length of time land has lain vacant or derelict, 19991,2

Period

Derelict Land

Vacant Land

Total Vacant

and Derelict Land

 

Area (ha)

% of Area

No. of Sites

Area (ha)

% of Area

No. of Sites

Area (ha)

% of Area

No. of Sites

Pre 1981

2,474

37

727

1,306

31

583

3,780

34

1,310

1981 — 1985

992

15

307

885

21

514

1,877

17

821

1986 — 1990

1,610

24

290

516

12

384

2,126

19

674

1991 — 1995

1,073

16

282

870

21

475

1,942

18

757

1996 — 1999

610

9

201

623

15

534

1,233

11

735

Unknown3

674

-

279

349

-

265

1,024

-

544

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 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values

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