Statistical Bulletin Environment Series ENV/2001/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2000: page 6


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Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2000

3. Ownership of vacant and derelict land

3.1 Table 5 shows ownership of vacant and derelict sites. For those sites where ownership was known, private ownership represents the most significant category of vacant land (49 per cent): the figure is higher for derelict land (67 per cent). Only 6 per cent of vacant or derelict land was known to be in mixed public and private ownership. 23 per cent of all vacant and derelict land had one or more unknown owners, which may mask the true scale of mixed ownership and category of ownership.

Table 5: Ownership of vacant and derelict land¹, 2000²

Ownership	Derelict Land			Vacant Land			Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Ownership	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
Public	1,550	28	361	1,511	44	1,031	3,061	34	1,392
Private	3,764	67	1,161	1,675	49	1,057	5,439	60	2,218
Mixed	263	5	77	238	7	101	501	6	178
Unknown^3,4	1,846	-	566	836	-	566	2,682	-	1,132
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 Sites might be in multiple ownership, and the status of at least one owner is unknown
4 Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentage values

3.2 Table 6 shows vacant and derelict land by principal owner. The known owners of most vacant and derelict land are Local Authorities with 2,083 hectares (18 per cent). Private owners other than those listed in the table own 4,604 hectares of vacant and derelict land (38 per cent). Several other categories of owner hold an excess of 300 hectares, namely Scottish Enterprise (397 hectares), Railtrack/Scotrail (328 hectares) and Private Coal Companies (323 hectares). The ownership of 18 per cent of vacant and derelict land is uncertain, due to the difficulties experienced by many local authorities in collecting this information.

Table 6: Vacant and derelict land¹ by principal owner, 2000²

Ownership	Derelict Land		Vacant Land		Total Vacant and Derelict Land
Ownership	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Public
Defence	198	7	28	4	226	11
Health Boards/NHS Trusts	39	9	103	25	142	34
Property Services Agency	-	-	1	2	1	2
Scottish Executive	3	7	8	4	11	11
Local Authority	1,008	339	1,075	944	2,083	1,283
Other National or Local Government	42	12	10	11	51	23
British Waterways Board	9	5	2	5	12	10
Water Authority	143	4	5	1	148	5
Coal Authority	152	13	-	-	152	13
Post Office	2	2	-	-	2	2
Public Port Authority	9	3	16	5	26	8
Other Nationalised Industry or Statutory Undertakers	5	4	68	6	73	10
Highlands and Islands Enterprise	5	2	11	3	16	5
Housing Association	3	7	45	62	48	69
Scottish Enterprise	168	16	229	52	397	68
Scottish Homes	6	2	4	7	10	9
Other non-Crown	126	12	155	13	281	25
Unknown Public	1	1	14	3	15	4
Private
British Gas	73	26	4	3	77	29
British Steel	24	4	4	2	29	6
British/Scottish Telecom	4	1	2	4	6	5
Harbour Trust	5	2	-	1	5	3
Hydro Electric	-	-	1	2	1	2
Local Enterprise Company	110	26	179	37	289	63
Private Coal Company	323	3	-	-	323	3
Private Port Company	71	24	9	13	79	37
Railtrack/Scotrail	216	84	112	31	328	115
Scottish Power	76	7	-	-	76	7
Other Private	3,088	1,041	1,516	996	4,604	2,037
Unknown Private	36	33	24	27	60	60
Ownership Unknown	1,479	469	635	492	2,114	961
Total	7,423	2,165	4,261	2,755	11,683	4,920

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table D for details of council participation in different years

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