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10.3 The new use of sites, or parts of sites, that were reclaimed or brought back into use (excluding sites removed for definitional reasons) is shown in Table 17.
Table 17: Reclaimed derelict land and vacant land brought back into use since the 1999 survey, by new use, 20001—4
| New 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 |
13 | 4 | 4 |
2 | 1 | 3 |
15 | 3 | 7 |
|
Business Class | - |
- | 1 | 11 |
4 | 9 | 12 |
2 | 10 |
| Community & Health |
1 | * | 2 |
5 | 2 | 7 |
5 | 1 | 9 |
|
Education | - |
- | - | 1 |
* | 2 | 1 |
* | 2 |
| Forestry/Woodland |
- | - | - |
- | - | 1 |
- | - | 1 |
|
Manufacturing | 6 |
2 | 8 | 3 |
1 | 8 | 8 |
1 | 16 |
| Mineral Activity |
40 | 13 | 7 |
- | - | - |
40 | 7 | 7 |
|
Nature Conservation | 70 |
23 | 1 | 3 |
1 | 1 | 72 |
12 | 2 |
| Offices |
6 | 2 | 4 |
12 | 4 | 9 |
18 | 3 | 13 |
|
Other General Industry | 6 | 2 |
7 | 67 |
23 | 38 | 73 |
12 | 45 |
| Passive Open Space |
17 | 6 | 7 |
14 | 5 | 9 |
31 | 5 | 16 |
|
Recreation & Leisure | 31 | 10 |
14 | 22 |
7 | 4 | 52 |
9 | 18 |
| Residential |
71 | 24 | 48 |
121 | 41 | 120 |
193 | 32 | 168 |
|
Retailing | 16 |
5 | 14 | 20 |
7 | 15 | 36 |
6 | 29 |
| Storage |
2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | 2 | 8 |
8 | 1 | 11 |
|
Transport | 4 |
1 | 4 | 2 |
1 | 5 | 6 |
1 | 9 |
| Utility Services |
8 | 3 | 3 |
1 | * | 1 |
10 | 2 | 4 |
|
Wholesale Distribution | - | - |
- | 3 |
1 | 3 | 3 |
1 | 3 |
| Vacant Pending New Use |
- | - | - |
1 | * | 1 |
1 | * | 1 |
|
Other | 12 |
4 | 3 | 1 |
* | 4 | 14 |
2 | 7 |
| Unknown5 |
- | - | - |
3 | - | 3 |
3 | - | 3 |
|
Total | 301 | 100 |
130 | 299 | 100 |
251 | 600 | 100 |
381 |
1 Figures may not sum due to
rounding
2 The figures for Dundee City, Falkirk, Highland, Scottish Borders
and West Lothian are not included as they did not participate in the 2000 survey
3 The figures for Argyll & Bute and South Ayrshire are sites brought back
into use, compared with sites recorded in 1998, as they did not participate in
the 1999 survey
4 The figures for Moray are sites brought back into use, compared
with sites recorded in 1996, as they did not participate in the 1997,1998 or 1999
surveys
5 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages
10.4 Chart 7 shows the distribution of new uses for vacant and derelict land brought back into use since the 1999 survey. The most common new use for derelict land was for residential development, with 24 per cent (71 hectares) of the land area being reclaimed for this purpose. The second most common use for derelict land was for nature conservation, for which 23 per cent (70 hectares) was used, followed by mineral activity, for which 13 per cent (40 hectares) was used. The most common use for vacant land was for residential development, with 41 per cent (121 hectares) being used. The second most common use was for other general industry, for which 23 per cent (67 hectares) was used.
Chart 7: New uses for vacant and derelict land, 2000
10.5 The average size of reclaimed derelict sites was 2.3 hectares. Sites reclaimed for residential development were an average of 1.5 hectares in size, compared with 2.2 hectares for recreation & leisure use and 5.7 hectares for mineral activity. The single derelict site reclaimed for nature conservation was 70 hectares in size.
10.6 The average size of vacant sites brought back into use was 1.2 hectares. Sites used for residential purposes were an average of 1.0 hectares in size, and those used for other general industry were 1.8 hectares in size.
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