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

8. Location of derelict land

8.1 The survey covers derelict sites in both urban and rural areas. The distribution of derelict sites among urban and rural local authority areas is shown in Table 13. In Scotland as a whole, half the recorded area of derelict land is located in urban areas and half is in rural areas.

Table 13: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 1999^1,2

Local Authority	Urban				Rural				All Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of Area³	No. of Sites	% of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Area⁴	No. of Sites	% of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	25	37	18	72	43	63	7	28	68	25
Aberdeenshire	10	11	18	64	84	89	10	36	93	28
Angus	27	12	14	36	200	88	25	64	227	39
Argyll & Bute	11	65	14	67	6	35	7	33	17	21
Clackmannanshire	26	72	14	88	10	28	2	13	36	16
Dumfries & Galloway	21	7	19	59	282	93	13	41	303	32
Dundee City	73	99	27	96	1	1	1	4	74	28
East Ayrshire	50	13	28	39	350	88	44	61	400	72
East Dunbartonshire	37	59	12	67	26	41	6	33	64	18
East Lothian	26	33	24	63	54	68	14	37	80	38
East Renfrewshire	13	100	3	100	-	-	-	-	13	3
Edinburgh, City of	66	97	22	96	2	3	1	4	68	23
Eilean Siar	1	100	2	100	-	-	-	-	1	2
Falkirk	51	50	27	68	52	50	13	33	103	40
Fife	250	32	76	79	522	68	20	21	772	96
Glasgow City	831	100	289	100	-	-	-	-	831	289
Highland	244	77	171	73	72	23	62	27	315	233
Inverclyde	64	98	44	98	1	2	1	2	65	45
Midlothian	88	26	48	44	254	74	60	56	342	108
Moray	32	91	32	89	3	9	4	11	34	36
North Ayrshire	163	67	59	63	82	33	34	37	245	93
North Lanarkshire	808	61	126	37	527	39	218	63	1,335	344
Orkney Islands	1	8	5	36	11	92	9	64	12	14
Perth & Kinross	45	45	17	74	56	55	6	26	101	23
Renfrewshire	62	26	48	94	180	74	3	6	242	51
Scottish Borders	20	43	36	80	27	57	9	20	48	45
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	14	50	14	78	14	50	4	22	28	18
South Lanarkshire	296	61	103	74	190	39	36	26	486	139
Stirling	53	36	9	33	93	64	18	67	146	27
West Dunbartonshire	117	100	39	100	-	-	-	-	117	39
West Lothian	169	22	31	31	598	78	70	69	766	101
Scotland	3,694	50	1,389	67	3,740	50	697	33	7,433	2,086

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table C for details of council participation in different years
3 Refers to the percentage of sites within the urban area of each local authority
4 Refers to the percentage of sites within the rural area of each local authority

8.2 The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict urban land areas in 1999 were Glasgow City (831 hectares), North Lanarkshire (808 hectares) and South Lanarkshire (296 hectares). The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict rural land areas were West Lothian (598 hectares), North Lanarkshire (527 hectares), Fife (522 hectares) and East Ayrshire (350 hectares). The average size of derelict urban sites is 2.7 hectares, whereas the average derelict rural site size is 5.4 hectares.

Table 14: Derelict sites by location and size of site, 1999^1,2

Location	Size of Site
Location	No. of Sites <= 1 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 1—5 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 5—10 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 10—20 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites >= 20 ha	% of Sites	Total No.of Sites	% of Sites
Urban	813	72	411	64	97	61	43	45	25	45	1,389	67
Rural	324	28	228	36	61	39	53	55	31	55	697	33
Total	1,137	100	639	100	158	100	96	100	56	100	2,086	100

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

8.3 Table 14 shows the distribution of derelict sites in relation to size. It shows that the majority of small sites (under 5 hectares) are located in urban areas, and that larger derelict sites tend to be located in rural areas.

8.4 The percentage of derelict urban land in relation to local authority total urban area is shown in Chart 6. Urban areas have been defined as localities which contained 1,000 residents or more in 1991. Note that this differs from the definition used in the survey, which restricts the definition of urban areas to those containing at least 2,000 residents. The figures for all local authorities urban areas are shown in Annex Table A.

Chart 6: Urban derelict land as a percentage of local authority urban land area, 1999¹

Chart 6

1 See Annex Table A for percentage values for all local authorities

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