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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2000

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 sites¹, 2000²

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table D 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, 37 per cent of derelict land recorded in 2000 had formerly been used for mineral activity, whereas the most common previous use for recorded vacant land was for agriculture (31 per cent). The second most common previous use for derelict land was manufacturing, including chemical production, metal works and shipbuilding, accounting for 20 per cent of recorded derelict land. The second most common previous use for vacant land was residential use, accounting for 11 per cent of recorded vacant land, although almost as much land area had previously been used for manufacturing (10 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, 2000¹

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

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