Statistical Bulletin Environment Series ENV/2001/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2000: page 11


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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2000

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, almost half the recorded area of derelict land is in rural areas (48 per cent), with the remainder located in urban areas (52 per cent).

Table 13: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2000^1,2

Local Authority	Urban					Rural					All Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of Sites Within Urban Area (by Area)³	No. of Sites	% of Sites Within Urban Area (by Site)³	% of Scottish Urban Sites (by Area)⁴	Area (ha)	% of Sites Within Rural Area (by Area)³	No. of Sites	% of Sites Within Rural Area (by Site)³	% of Scottish Rural Sites (by Area)⁴	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	25	37	16	70	1	43	63	7	30	1	68	23
Aberdeenshire	10	11	16	64	*	83	89	9	36	2	92	25
Angus	22	12	12	34	1	164	88	23	66	5	186	35
Argyll & Bute	11	63	13	68	*	6	37	6	32	*	17	19
Clackmannanshire	20	66	14	88	1	10	34	2	13	*	30	16
Dumfries & Galloway	24	8	21	62	1	282	92	13	38	8	306	34
Dundee City	73	98	27	96	2	1	2	1	4	*	74	28
East Ayrshire	45	13	23	37	1	304	87	40	63	9	349	63
East Dunbartonshire	39	59	12	67	1	27	41	6	33	1	66	18
East Lothian	43	43	29	60	1	58	57	19	40	2	101	48
East Renfrewshire	13	100	3	100	*	-	-	-	-	-	13	3
Edinburgh, City of	75	68	24	92	2	35	32	2	8	1	111	26
Eilean Siar	1	100	2	100	*	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
Falkirk	51	50	27	68	1	52	50	13	33	1	103	40
Fife	263	43	60	85	7	350	57	11	16	10	613	71
Glasgow City	804	100	282	100	21	-	-	-	-	-	804	282
Highland	244	77	171	73	6	72	23	62	27	2	315	233
Inverclyde	65	98	46	98	2	1	2	1	2	*	67	47
Midlothian	79	24	46	44	2	253	76	59	56	7	333	105
Moray	32	92	32	89	1	3	8	4	11	*	34	36
North Ayrshire	156	66	68	67	4	81	34	33	33	2	237	101
North Lanarkshire	870	62	143	35	23	544	38	264	65	15	1,414	407
Orkney Islands	1	12	5	36	*	11	88	9	64	*	12	14
Perth & Kinross	40	41	21	75	1	57	59	7	25	2	98	28
Renfrewshire	62	26	51	94	2	180	74	3	6	5	243	54
Scottish Borders	20	43	36	80	1	27	57	9	20	1	48	45
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	118	89	32	89	3	14	11	4	11	*	132	36
South Lanarkshire	278	56	99	73	7	219	44	37	27	6	497	136
Stirling	82	48	12	40	2	88	52	18	60	2	170	30
West Dunbartonshire	123	100	59	100	3	-	-	-	-	-	123	59
West Lothian	169	22	31	31	4	598	78	70	69	17	766	101
Scotland	3,858	52	1,433	66	*100*	3,563	48	732	34	*100*	7,423	2,165

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

8.2 The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict urban land areas in 2000 were North Lanarkshire (870 hectares), Glasgow City (804 hectares), South Lanarkshire (278 hectares) and Fife (263 hectares). The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict rural land areas were West Lothian (598 hectares), North Lanarkshire (544 hectares), Fife (350 hectares), East Ayrshire (304 hectares) and Dumfries and Galloway (282 hectares). The average size of derelict urban sites is 2.6 hectares, whereas the average derelict rural site size is 4.1 hectares.

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