Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2001

Statistical Bulletin ENV/2002/1: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2001

Comparison of vacant and derelict land (hectares) between 1996 - 2001

2.9 Table 2 shows a comparison of the areas of vacant and derelict land recorded in the survey years 1996 - 2001. It should be noted that some councils did not participate in the 2001 and/or earlier surveys. In these cases the most recent available data have been used to provide an estimate for the appropriate year.

Table 2: Vacant and derelict land ¹ by local authority area, 1996-2001 ²

Local Authority	Derelict Land Area (ha)						Vacant Land Area (ha)						Total Vacant and Derelict Land Area (ha)
Local Authority	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Aberdeen City	78	77	77	68	68	77	112	107	107	71	61	75	190	184	184	139	129	152
Aberdeenshire	132	131	93	93	92	90	58	60	59	59	53	53	190	191	152	152	146	144
Angus	337	333	339	227	187	184	52	42	43	30	29	34	389	375	381	257	215	217
Argyll & Bute	22	22	17	17	17	17	50	41	38	38	37	37	73	63	55	55	54	54
Clackmannanshire	49	36	36	36	30	35	22	21	28	28	27	20	71	57	64	63	57	55
Dumfries and Galloway	304	305	305	303	306	307	61	65	67	61	55	58	365	371	373	364	361	365
Dundee City	79	79	71	74	74	60	203	200	217	257	257	276	282	279	288	331	331	336
East Ayrshire	445	445	453	400	349	349	119	119	114	77	92	77	564	564	568	477	441	426
East Dunbartonshire	57	66	66	64	66	68	52	47	43	36	28	25	109	113	109	100	94	94
East Lothian	218	210	197	80	101	100	43	40	39	26	39	34	261	250	236	107	139	134
East Renfrewshire	18	18	15	13	13	13	32	36	28	24	20	19	50	54	42	37	33	32
Edinburgh, City of	84	79	80	68	111	111	70	66	63	54	51	56	154	145	143	122	162	167
Eilean Siar	2	2	1	1	1	1	14	11	12	10	11	11	16	13	13	11	11	11
Falkirk	184	183	110	103	103	108	218	195	123	101	101	162	402	378	233	204	204	270
Fife	614	620	798	772	613	584	153	135	150	203	154	81	767	754	948	975	767	665
Glasgow City	894	899	883	831	804	756	726	691	709	737	682	646	1620	1591	1592	1569	1486	1402
Highland	315	315	315	315	315	315	498	498	498	498	498	498	813	813	813	813	813	813
Inverclyde	50	69	72	65	67	65	80	53	52	58	60	67	131	122	124	123	126	132
Midlothian	400	363	332	342	333	256	58	61	60	52	49	38	458	424	393	394	382	294
Moray	34	34	34	34	34	34	6	6	6	6	6	6	41	41	41	41	41	41
North Ayrshire	243	239	230	245	237	270	129	153	153	169	164	158	372	392	383	414	401	428
North Lanarkshire	2179	1651	1385	1335	1335 ^R2	1332	579	716	572	686	686 ^R2	607	2757	2367	1958	2022	2022 ^R2	1939
Orkney Islands	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	25	14	10	25	25	23	38	26	23
Perth and Kinross	75	78	86	101	98	79	44	46	72	73	66	52	119	123	157	174	164	131
Renfrewshire	95	61	244	242	243	256	252	198	177	171	158	172	347	259	421	413	400	428
Scottish Borders	54	57	55	48	48	41	22	33	33	31	31	27	76	90	87	79	79	69
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	21	25	28	28	132	124	89	108	123	123	32	32	111	133	152	152	164	156
South Lanarkshire	514	463	457	486	497	502	233	220	205	203	205	185	747	684	662	689	702	686
Stirling	125	125	120	146	170	165	48	48	41	73	41	35	173	173	161	219	211	200
West Dunbartonshire	85	99	112	117	123	123	129	132	131	113	103	93	214	230	243	230	226	216
West Lothian	762	762	762	584 ^R1	584 ^R1	409	453	453	453	342 ^R1	342 ^R1	120	1216	1216	1216	925 ^R1	925 ^R1	529
Scotland	8483	7858	7787	7251 ^R1	7161 ^R1,2	6845	4619	4612	4425	4434 ^R1	4149 ^R1,2	3763	13101	12470	12212	11685 ^R1	11310 ^R1,2	10607

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 See Annex Table D for details of council participation in different years
R1 Revised to remove a number of West Lothian sites included in error in 1999 and 2000
R2 1999 data are used to provide a best estimate for North Lanarkshire for 2000, due to problems identified with the 2000 dataset following the introduction of new recording procedures

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