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7.1 Planning authorities were asked to indicate up to three preferred or intended uses for sites as defined in the most recent local plan or other local authority documents. The distribution of primary preferences is shown in Table 12.
Table 12: Primary preferred or intended uses for vacant or derelict sites, 20001,2
| Preferred or Intended Use | Derelict Land | Vacant Land | Total Vacant and Derelict Land | ||||||
|
Area (ha) | % of Derelict Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) | % of Vacant Land (by Area) | No. of Sites | Area (ha) |
% of Total Land (by Area) |
No. of Sites | |
|
Agriculture | 1,160 |
17 | 398 | 246 |
6 | 45 | 1,406 |
13 | 443 |
| Business Class |
220 | 3 | 42 |
339 | 8 | 105 |
559 | 5 | 147 |
|
Community & Health | 51 | 1 |
13 | 53 |
1 | 31 | 104 |
1 | 44 |
| Defence |
166 | 2 | 1 |
1 | * | 1 |
167 | 1 | 2 |
|
Education | 5 |
* | 4 | 24 |
1 | 19 | 29 |
* | 23 |
| Forestry/Woodland |
346 | 5 | 69 |
40 | 1 | 19 |
386 | 3 | 88 |
|
Manufacturing | 593 |
9 | 201 | 686 |
16 | 351 | 1,279 |
11 | 552 |
| Mineral Activity |
307 | 4 | 14 |
6 | * | 1 |
313 | 3 | 15 |
|
Nature Conservation | 91 |
1 | 20 | - |
- | 1 | 92 |
1 | 21 |
| Offices |
7 | * | 12 |
99 | 2 | 26 |
107 | 1 | 38 |
|
Other General Industry3 | 1,155 | 17 |
218 | 541 |
13 | 376 | 1,696 |
15 | 594 |
| Passive Open Space |
512 | 7 | 132 |
342 | 8 | 221 |
853 | 8 | 353 |
|
Recreation & Leisure4 | 536 | 8 |
123 | 168 |
4 | 74 | 704 |
6 | 197 |
| Residential |
916 | 13 | 586 |
1,315 | 32 | 1,140 |
2,231 | 20 | 1,726 |
| Retailing | 48 | 1 |
45 | 52 |
1 | 76 | 100 |
1 | 121 |
| Storage |
57 | 1 | 17 |
38 | 1 | 15 |
95 | 1 | 32 |
|
Transport | 85 |
1 | 43 | 73 |
2 | 59 | 158 |
1 | 102 |
| Utility Services |
17 | * | 9 |
1 | * | 2 |
18 | * | 11 |
|
Wholesale Distribution | 19 | * |
2 | 14 |
* | 7 | 33 |
* | 9 |
| Other |
576 | 8 | 62 |
102 | 2 | 57 |
678 | 6 | 119 |
|
Not Applicable | 102 |
1 | 48 | 24 |
1 | 24 | 126 |
1 | 72 |
| Unknown5 |
454 | - | 106 |
95 | - | 105 |
549 | - | 211 |
|
Total | 7,423 | 100 |
2,165 | 4,261 | 100 |
2,755 | 11,683 | 100 |
4,920 |
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 percentages7.2 The most popular preferred
or intended future uses for derelict land, where known, were agriculture (17 per
cent), other general industry (17 per cent) and residential use (13 per cent).
For vacant land, these were residential use (32 per cent), manufacturing (16 per
cent) and other general industry (13 per cent). Preferred or intended future uses
are shown in Chart 5.
Chart 5: Preferred or intended uses of vacant and derelict land, 20001
1 See Annex Table D for details of council participation in different years
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