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

7 Location of derelict land

7.1 The survey covers derelict sites in both urban and rural areas. The distribution of derelict sites among urban and rural local authority areas is shown in Table 12. In Scotland as a whole, over half the recorded area of derelict land is in rural areas (51 per cent), with the remainder located in urban areas (49 per cent).

Table 12: Location of derelict sites by local authority area, 2002 ^1-3

Local Authority	Urban				Rural				All Derelict Land
Local Authority	Area (ha)	% of Sites Within Urban Area (by Area) ⁴	No. of Sites	% of Scottish Urban Sites (by Area) ⁵	Area (ha)	% of Sites Within Rural Area (by Area) ⁶	No. of Sites	% of Scottish Rural Sites (by Area) ⁷	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	34	44	18	1	43	56	7	1	77	25
Aberdeenshire	8	11	14	*	70	89	7	2	78	21
Angus	19	11	10	*	160	89	22	4	179	32
Argyll & Bute	8	56	11	*	6	44	6	*	14	17
Clackmannanshire	29	61	19	1	19	39	4	*	48	23
Dumfries & Galloway	25	8	24	1	282	92	13	7	307	37
Dundee City	49	100	21	1	-	-	-	-	49	21
East Ayrshire	51	18	28	1	225	82	35	6	275	63
East Dunbartonshire	43	50	14	1	42	50	7	1	85	21
East Lothian	42	42	25	1	57	58	17	1	99	42
East Renfrewshire	19	100	5	*	-	-	-	-	19	5
Edinburgh, City of	75	68	24	2	35	32	2	1	111	26
Eilean Siar	1	100	2	*	-	-	-	-	1	2
Falkirk	55	42	27	1	76	58	15	2	132	42
Fife	235	40	63	6	347	60	9	9	583	72
Glasgow City	767	100	289	20	-	-	-	-	767	289
Highland	232	24	160	6	719	76	65	18	950	225
Inverclyde	64	100	43	2	-	-	-	-	64	43
Midlothian	64	25	39	2	193	75	50	5	257	89
Moray	32	92	32	1	3	8	4	*	34	36
North Ayrshire	190	70	72	5	81	30	33	2	270	105
North Lanarkshire	943	87	154	24	147	13	73	4	1,090	227
Orkney Islands	1	11	5	*	11	89	9	*	12	14
Perth & Kinross	21	31	13	1	46	69	6	1	68	19
Renfrewshire	77	9	50	2	746	91	3	19	823	53
Scottish Borders	20	47	33	1	22	53	6	1	41	39
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	119	98	32	3	3	2	1	*	122	33
South Lanarkshire	246	51	90	6	233	49	40	6	479	130
Stirling	75	47	11	2	85	53	16	2	161	27
West Dunbartonshire	150	100	70	4	-	-	-	-	150	70
West Lothian	163	36	18	4	286	64	29	7	449	47
Scotland	3,858	49	1,416	*100*	3,938	51	479	*100*	7,796	1,895

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City if Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
3 2000 data has been used for Moray
4 Refers to the percentage of derelict sites within the urban area of each local authority
5 Refers to the percentage of derelict sites within all urban areas in Scotland
6 Refers to the percentage of derelict sites within the rural area of each local authority
7 Refers to the percentage of derelict sites within the rural areas in Scotland

7.2 The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict urban land areas in 2002 were North Lanarkshire (943 hectares) and Glasgow City (767 hectares) together comprising 44 per cent of urban derelict land. The local authorities with the highest levels of derelict rural land areas were Renfrewshire (746 hectares) and Highland (719 hectares) together comprising 37 per cent of rural derelict land. The average size of derelict urban sites is 2.7 hectares, whereas the average derelict rural site size is 8.2 hectares.

Table 13: Derelict sites by location and size of sites, 2002 ^1-3

Location	Size of Site
Location	No. of Sites <= 1 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 1-5 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 5-10 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites 10-20 ha	% of Sites	No. of Sites >= 20 ha	% of Sites	Total No. of Sites	% of Sites	Average size of site (ha)
Urban	834	80	409	72	98	64	47	59	29	56	1,416	75	2.7
Rural	210	20	157	28	55	36	33	41	23	44	479	25	8.2
Total	1,044	*100*	566	*100*	153	*100*	80	*100*	52	*100*	1,895	*100*	4.1

1 Figures may not sum due to rounding
2 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders
3 2000 data has been used for Moray

7.3 Table 13 shows the distribution of derelict sites in relation to size. It shows that the majority of small sites (under 5 hectares) are located in urban areas.

7.4 The 10 councils with the highest percentage of derelict urban land in relation to local authority total urban area are shown in Chart 6. Urban areas are defined as localities which contained 1,000 residents or more in 1991. The figures for all local authorities urban areas are shown in Annex Table A.

Chart 6: Urban derelict land as a percentage of local authority urban land, 2002 ¹

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1. 2000 data has been used for Moray, and 2001 data have been used for Aberdeen City, City of Edinburgh, North Ayrshire and the Scottish Borders.

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