Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2002 - Statistical Bulletin ENV/2003/1

8 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict

8.1 Where the length of time for which land had lain unused was known, 21 per cent (1,393 hectares) of urban vacant and derelict land and 44 per cent (1,626 hectares) of rural derelict land had been unused since before 1981 (Table 14 and Table 15). This figure varies widely between the different local authorities. Table 16 identifies urban vacant and derelict sites separately, for land that has been unused since before 1985. For Scotland as a whole, this shows relatively little difference between the percentage of urban vacant land that has been unused since before 1985 (39 per cent), and urban derelict land (45 per cent).

Table 14: Urban sites: Date when vacant or derelict ^1,2 land was first identified, by local authority area, 2002

Local Authority	Pre-1981		1981-1985		1986-1990		1991-1995		1996-2000		2001-2002		Unknown ³	Total
Local Authority	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Area (ha)
Aberdeen City ⁴	5	6	*	7	5	13	17	35	19	60	32	100	30	109
Aberdeenshire	2	12	-	12	14	78	5	100	-	100	-	100	31	52
Angus	18	34	1	36	3	41	14	68	4	75	13	100	2	55
Argyll & Bute	2	4	17	48	15	86	5	99	1	100	-	100	-	40
Clackmannanshire	10	17	-	17	24	60	*	61	10	79	12	100	-	57
Dumfries & Galloway	52	83	1	85	1	86	1	88	7	99	*	100	15	78
Dundee City	112	46	7	49	34	63	19	71	60	96	10	100	5	247
East Ayrshire	-	-	35	27	57	71	20	86	12	96	6	100	1	131
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	27	30	4	35	28	65	7	72	26	100	-	92
East Lothian	1	3	*	4	1	7	2	11	35	100	-	100	31	70
East Renfrewshire	5	12	5	24	3	32	16	74	3	81	7	100	-	40
Edinburgh, City of ⁴	20	23	1	24	51	83	8	92	7	100	-	100	44	132
Eilean Siar	1	12	1	22	*	24	4	90	1	100	-	100	5	11
Falkirk	61	32	15	39	9	44	41	65	55	94	11	100	11	203
Fife	42	20	17	28	15	35	20	45	87	86	29	100	111	320
Glasgow City	298	22	406	51	108	59	233	76	263	95	75	100	-	1,383
Highland	233	52	56	64	106	88	32	95	18	99	5	100	12	463
Inverclyde	12	9	11	18	10	26	37	55	54	98	2	100	2	127
Midlothian	67	79	1	80	13	96	2	98	1	100	-	100	17	102
Moray ⁵	24	70	2	76	3	86	5	100	-	100	-	100	4	38
North Ayrshire ⁴	19	5	93	32	85	57	88	83	60	100	-	100	3	347
North Lanarkshire	180	12	296	33	156	44	598	85	198	99	21	100	7	1,456
Orkney Islands	11	98	-	98	-	98	-	98	*	100	-	100	-	11
Perth & Kinross	12	19	27	63	5	71	7	83	11	100	-	100	3	64
Renfrewshire	-	-	73	30	54	52	25	63	64	89	27	100	-	243
Scottish Borders ⁴	12	39	2	45	2	52	10	86	4	100	-	100	17	47
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	*	-	2	-	-	100	-	2
South Ayrshire	-	-	49	38	53	79	5	83	21	100	*	100	22	150
South Lanarkshire	12	4	191	61	53	77	41	89	17	94	20	100	84	418
Stirling	1	1	34	43	1	44	-	44	34	86	12	100	37	118
West Dunbartonshire	41	18	23	29	33	44	40	62	53	85	32	100	2	224
West Lothian	141	66	-	66	18	74	42	94	10	99	3	100	72	287
Scotland	1,393	21	1,391	43	937	57	1,368	78	1,117	95	344	100	566	7,116

1 Figures are for total vacant and derelict land
2 Figures may not sum due to rounding
3 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values
4 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
5 2000 data has been used for Moray

Table 15: Rural sites: Date when vacant or derelict ^1,2 land was first identified, by local authority area, 2002

Local Authority	Pre-1981		1981-1985		1986-1990		1991-1995		1996-2000		2001-2002		Unknown ³ Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)
Local Authority	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Area (ha)	Cumul-ative %	Unknown ³ Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)
Aberdeen City ⁴	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	100	-	100	-	100	42	43
Aberdeenshire	69	100	*	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	1	70
Angus	128	80	-	80	21	94	4	96	6	100	-	100	1	160
Argyll & Bute	3	54	-	54	1	65	2	100	-	100	-	100	-	6
Clackmannanshire	10	53	-	53	-	53	-	53	-	53	9	100	-	19
Dumfries & Galloway	140	54	-	54	3	55	117	100	-	100	-	100	22	282
Dundee City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	-	18	10	161	100	*	100	-	100	-	100	46	225
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	19	44	6	58	*	59	2	63	16	100	-	42
East Lothian	36	65	6	76	2	80	-	80	11	100	-	100	2	57
East Renfrewshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of ⁴	2	6	-	6	-	6	33	100	-	100	-	100	-	35
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	28	40	9	54	8	66	1	68	*	68	22	100	8	76
Fife	27	8	16	12	300	99	1	99	-	99	4	100	-	347
Glasgow City	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Highland	688	96	18	98	5	99	8	100	-	100	-	100	-	719
Inverclyde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	117	64	5	66	34	85	*	85	27	100	-	100	9	193
Moray ⁵	3	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	3
North Ayrshire ⁴	9	11	14	28	9	40	29	76	19	100	-	100	1	81
North Lanarkshire	76	52	25	69	-	69	5	72	40	99	1	100	1	147
Orkney Islands	11	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	11
Perth & Kinross	16	49	3	58	-	58	13	96	1	100	-	100	14	46
Renfrewshire ⁶	-	-	13	2	-	2	-	2	732	100	1	100	-	746
Scottish Borders ⁴	17	78	5	99	*	100	-	100	-	100	-	100	-	22
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
South Lanarkshire	34	22	25	38	74	86	12	94	*	94	9	100	79	233
Stirling	73	95	-	95	2	97	1	98	2	100	-	100	8	85
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	140	50	-	50	138	99	1	100	-	100	-	100	7	286
Scotland	1,626	44	174	49	765	69	229	76	840	98	61	*100*	243	3,939

1 Figures are for total vacant and derelict land (note that only vacant sites within 1km of an urban area with population 2000 are included)
2 Figures may not sum due to rounding
3 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values
4 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
5 2000 data has been used for Moray
6 Although Renfrewshire experienced one large increase in site size this year, the original site was first identified between 1996 and 2000.

Table 16: Urban sites that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1985, by local authority area, 2002

Local Authority	Derelict Land					Vacant Land					Total Vacant and Derelict Land
	Pre-1985			Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)	Pre-1985			Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)	Pre-1985			Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)
	Area (ha)	% of urban derelict land ³	No. of Sites	Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)	Area (ha)	% of urban vacant land ³	No. of Sites	Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)	Area (ha)	% of total urban land ³	No. of Sites	Unknown ² Area (ha)	Total Area (ha)
Aberdeen City ⁴	5	22	2	13	34	1	1	1	18	75	5	7	3	30	109
Aberdeenshire	-	10	1	5	8	2	12	2	27	44	2	12	3	31	52
Angus	15	76	7	-	19	5	14	3	2	36	19	36	10	2	55
Argyll & Bute	-	-	-	-	8	19	61	31	-	32	19	48	31	-	40
Clackmannanshire	7	25	8	-	29	3	9	2	-	27	10	17	10	-	57
Dumfries & Galloway	15	77	3	6	25	39	88	7	8	52	53	85	10	15	78
Dundee City	32	66	6	1	49	87	45	57	4	197	119	49	63	5	247
East Ayrshire	16	31	4	-	51	19	24	22	1	80	35	27	26	1	131
East Dunbartonshire	21	48	5	-	43	7	14	3	-	49	27	30	8	-	92
East Lothian	-	1	1	9	42	1	21	2	22	28	2	4	3	31	70
East Renfrewshire	-	-	-	-	19	9	46	10	-	21	9	24	10	-	40
Edinburgh, City of ⁴	11	20	7	21	75	10	31	8	23	56	21	24	15	44	132
Eilean Siar	1	83	1	-	1	1	14	1	5	10	1	22	2	5	11
Falkirk	12	24	6	3	55	63	45	43	8	147	76	39	49	11	203
Fife	36	26	11	98	235	23	31	15	13	85	59	28	26	111	320
Glasgow City	498	65	156	-	767	206	33	210	-	616	704	51	366	-	1,383
Highland	122	55	79	9	231	167	73	110	3	231	289	64	189	12	463
Inverclyde	8	13	7	-	64	15	24	14	1	63	23	18	21	2	127
Midlothian	56	94	24	5	64	12	47	8	12	38	68	80	32	17	102
Moray ⁵	24	82	25	3	32	3	47	5	1	6	26	76	30	4	38
North Ayrshire ⁴	52	28	23	1	190	59	38	34	2	158	111	32	57	3	347
North Lanarkshire	307	33	69	7	943	169	33	64	-	513	476	33	133	7	1,456
Orkney Islands	1	81	3	-	1	10	100	13	-	10	11	98	16	-	11
Perth & Kinross	11	55	7	1	21	28	67	3	2	43	39	63	10	3	64
Renfrewshire	16	21	7	-	77	57	34	20	-	167	73	30	27	-	243
Scottish Borders ⁴	6	53	6	9	20	8	41	14	8	27	13	45	20	17	47
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
South Ayrshire	31	29	5	11	119	18	90	7	11	31	49	38	12	22	150
South Lanarkshire	150	73	49	41	246	53	41	51	43	172	203	61	100	84	418
Stirling	34	67	1	25	75	1	4	1	12	43	35	43	2	37	118
West Dunbartonshire	24	16	9	-	150	40	55	30	1	74	64	29	39	2	224
West Lothian	86	81	10	17	123	55	51	19	16	124	141	66	29	72	287
Scotland	1,595	45	542	284	3,817	1,188	39	810	242	3,258	2,783	42	1,352	566	7,116

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values
3 Refers to the percentage of urban vacant/derelict land that has been unused since before 1985
4 2001 data have been used for these authorities
5 2000 data has been used for this authority

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