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

Published March 2003

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Contents

1 Introduction and summary
Chart 1: Vacant and derelict land by local authority, 2002
Presentation of figures in the bulletin
Availability of the bulletin
2 Vacant and derelict land
Table 1: Vacant and derelict land by local authority area, 2002
Chart 2: Derelict land as a percentage of local authority administrative area, 2002
Chart 3: Vacant land (hectares) by local authority, 2002
Table 2: Vacant and derelict land by local authority area, 1996-2002
Table 3: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 2002
Table 4: Vacant and derelict land by Local Enterprise Company area, 1993-2002
Table 5: Summary changes in the area of vacant and derelict land recorded in Scotland (hectares): 2002 10
3 Ownership of vacant and derelict land
Table 6: Ownership of vacant and derelict land, 1996 and 2002
4 Contamination of vacant and derelict land
Table 7: Contamination status of vacant and derelict land, 2002
Table 8: Contaminated land, by contamination type, 2002
Table 9: Known contaminated land by Local Enterprise Company, 2002
5 Previous uses of vacant and derelict land
Table 10: Previous uses of vacant and derelict sites, 2002
Chart 4: Previous uses of vacant and derelict land, 2002
6 Preferred or intended uses
Table 11: Primary preferred or intended uses for vacant or derelict sites, 2002
Chart 5: Primary preferred or intended use of vacant and derelict land, 2002
7 Location of derelict land
Table 12: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2002
Table 13: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2002
Chart 6: Urban derelict land as a percentage of local authority urban land, 2002
8 Period of time since which land has lain vacant or derelict
Table 14: Urban sites: Date when vacant or derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2002
Table 15: Rural sites: Date when vacant or derelict land was first identified, by local authority area, 2002
Table 16: Urban sites that have lain vacant or derelict since before 1985, by local authority area, 2002
9 New vacant or derelict sites
Table 17: New sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2002
10 Reuse of vacant and derelict land
Table 18: Derelict land reclaimed and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2002
Table 19: Sources of funding used for vacant and derelict land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2002
Table 20: Source of public sector development funding used for vacant and derelict land brought back into use since the previous survey, 2002
Table 21: Contamination status of existing vacant and derelict sites and those brought back into use since the previous survey, 2002
Table 22: Reclaimed derelict and vacant land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 20021
Chart 7: Distribution of main new uses for vacant and derelict land, 2002
Table 23: Distribution of size of extant sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 20021
Table 24: Date when vacant or derelict land was first identified; extant sites and sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2002
Table 25: Previous use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2002
Table 26: Preferred use against new use; sites brought back into use since the previous survey, 2002
Annex: Considerations when interpreting the data
Annex Chart A: Percentage of sites where principal owner is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2002
Annex Chart B: Percentage of sites where previous use is unknown by period since which they have lain vacant or derelict, 2002
Annex Table A: Derelict Land as a percentage of total area by local authority area, 2002
Annex Table B: sites removed for definitional reasons, by local authority area, 2002
Annex Table C: Sites removed due to naturalisation, by local authority area, 2002
Annex Table D: Local Authorities NOT participating in the survey, 1994-2002
Annex: SVDLS 2002 Form A
Annex: SVDLS 2002 Form B.
Extracts from the SVDLS 2002 guidance notes
Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey - data protocol
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE Statistical SERVICES
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