Estimate of community owned land in Scotland 2017

The estimate of community owned land in Scotland is an annual publication that will track progress towards the Scottish Government targets.


7. Reference Tables

Table 1: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land, 1990 to 2017

Year Area Total (acres) New Area (acres)
1990 1 112,158.50 -
1991 112,161.74 3.24
1992 112,162.74 1.00
1993 138,012.74 25,850.00
1994 138,178.74 166.00
1995 138,179.01 0.27
1996 148,680.33 10,501.32
1997 156,156.43 7,476.10
1998 157,476.15 1,319.73
1999 176,597.25 19,121.10
2000 180,731.25 4,134.00
2001 180,984.48 253.23
2002 242,706.75 61,722.28
2003 242,982.02 275.27
2004 243,171.29 189.27
2005 296,522.71 53,351.42
2006 448,078.39 151,555.69
2007 449,944.12 1,865.73
2008 449,974.35 30.23
2009 449,982.49 8.14
2010 470,965.49 20,983.00
2011 472,205.64 1,240.15
2012 473,395.76 1,190.12
2013 477,174.43 3,778.67
2014 477,287.75 113.32
2015 523,136.44 45,848.69
2016 562,135.67 38,999.23
2017 2 562,229.89 94.23

Notes:

1. Where the year of purchase or transfer of the land parcel/asset is unknown it has been defaulted to 1990, the start of the series.

2. Data for 2017 are only until the end of June.

Table 2: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land and the Number of Land Parcels/Assets by Sizeband of the Land Parcels/Assets as at June 2017

Sizeband of Land Parcel/Asset Area of Land (acres) Percentage 1 of Total Area Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned Percentage1 of Land Parcels/Assets Owned
Greater than 30,000 acres 354,164.00 63.0% 6 1.2%
Greater than 10,000 acres but less than or equal to 30,000 acres 127,917.10 22.8% 7 1.4%
Greater than 1,000 acres but less than or equal to 10,000 acres 69,004.43 12.3% 24 4.9%
Greater than 100 acres but less than or equal to 1,000 acres 8,227.71 1.5% 29 5.9%
Greater than 1 acre but less than or equal to 100 acres 2,850.70 0.5% 145 29.5%
Less than or equal to 1 acre 65.96 0.0% 192 39.0%
No area recorded 2 - - 89 18.1%
Scotland 3 562,229.89 100.0% 492 100.0%

Notes:

1. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.

2. For some land parcels/assets there are currently no area figures available. In many cases this relates to the purchase or transfer of an existing building to a community group.

3. Scotland totals for area of land may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

Table 3: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land, Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned and Number of Community Groups as at June 2017 by Local Authority

Local Authority 1 Area of Land (acres) Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned 2 Number of Community Groups 3
Aberdeen City 0.50 3 3
Aberdeenshire 10,747.55 25 19
Angus 3.60 2 2
Argyll and Bute 16,122.64 74 53
City of Edinburgh 2.88 5 5
Clackmannanshire 28.40 2 2
Dumfries and Galloway 381.22 18 17
Dundee City 0.57 1 1
East Ayrshire 129.97 11 6
East Dunbartonshire 0.20 1 1
East Lothian 107.80 4 3
East Renfrewshire 0.20 1 1
Falkirk - - -
Fife 145.82 11 10
Glasgow City 8.41 15 12
Highland 141,912.28 122 107
Inverclyde 0.76 7 2
Midlothian 6.70 6 5
Moray 4,687.53 29 22
Na h-Eileanan Siar 385,340.05 41 33
North Ayrshire 342.82 19 18
North Lanarkshire 5.66 3 3
Orkney Islands 61.92 23 17
Perth and Kinross 1,225.77 9 9
Renfrewshire - - -
Scottish Borders 412.97 17 16
Shetland Islands 7.47 14 11
South Ayrshire 0.23 3 2
South Lanarkshire 54.23 6 5
Stirling 480.17 12 11
West Dunbartonshire 9.73 4 4
West Lothian 1.85 4 3
Scotland 4 562,229.89 492 403

Notes:

1. The Local Authority relates to the registered address of the community group and not the location of the land parcel/asset. Potentially land parcels/assets could be located in different Local Authorities to the registered address of the community groups that own them.

2. For some land parcels/assets there are currently no area figures available. In many cases this relates to the purchase or transfer of an existing building to a community group.

3. Community groups can own multiple land parcels/assets.

4. Scotland totals for area of land may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

Table 4: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land, Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned and Number of Community Groups as at June 2017 by Scottish Parliamentary Constituency

Scottish Parliamentary Constituency 1 Area of Land (acres) Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned 2 Number of Community Groups 3
Aberdeen Central 0.50 3 3
Aberdeen Donside - - -
Aberdeen South and North Kincardine 165.59 1 1
Aberdeenshire East 138.83 6 6
Aberdeenshire West 10,357.98 13 7
Airdrie and Shotts - - -
Almond Valley 1.85 4 3
Angus North and Mearns 3.00 1 1
Angus South 0.60 1 1
Argyll and Bute 16,119.54 70 50
Ayr - - -
Banffshire and Buchan Coast 85.64 7 7
Caithness, Sutherland and Ross 84,216.49 54 47
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 128.52 13 7
Clackmannanshire and Dunblane 28.40 2 2
Clydebank and Milngavie - - -
Clydesdale 51.13 4 3
Coatbridge and Chryston - - -
Cowdenbeath 37.00 1 1
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 2.40 2 2
Cunninghame North 282.52 17 16
Cunninghame South 60.30 2 2
Dumbarton 12.83 8 7
Dumfriesshire 335.07 7 6
Dundee City East 0.57 1 1
Dundee City West - - -
Dunfermline - - -
East Kilbride - - -
East Lothian 107.80 4 3
Eastwood 0.20 1 1
Edinburgh Central - - -
Edinburgh Eastern 0.50 1 1
Edinburgh Northern and Leith 1.20 2 2
Edinburgh Pentlands - - -
Edinburgh Southern - - -
Edinburgh Western 1.18 2 2
Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire 266.27 11 11
Falkirk East - - -
Falkirk West - - -
Galloway and West Dumfries 46.15 11 11
Glasgow Anniesland - - -
Glasgow Cathcart 2.00 1 1
Glasgow Kelvin - - -
Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn 3.60 5 5
Glasgow Pollok 0.20 1 1
Glasgow Provan 1.50 1 1
Glasgow Shettleston - - -
Glasgow Southside 1.11 7 4
Greenock and Inverclyde 0.76 7 2
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse 0.10 1 1
Inverness and Nairn 1,006.00 4 4
Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley 1.68 1 1
Kirkcaldy 15.69 4 4
Linlithgow - - -
Mid Fife and Glenrothes 10.63 1 1
Midlothian North and Musselburgh 4.40 3 3
Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale 149.00 9 7
Moray 4,687.05 27 20
Motherwell and Wishaw 3.26 1 1
Na h-Eileanan an Iar 385,340.05 41 33
North East Fife 82.50 5 4
Orkney Islands 61.92 23 17
Paisley - - -
Perthshire North 1,116.37 6 6
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire 109.40 3 3
Renfrewshire North and West - - -
Renfrewshire South - - -
Rutherglen 3.00 1 1
Shetland Islands 7.47 14 11
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch 56,689.78 64 56
Stirling 480.17 12 11
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 0.20 1 1
Uddingston and Bellshill - - -
Scotland 4 562,229.89 492 403

Notes:

1. The Scottish Parliamentary Constituency relates to the registered address of the community group and not the location of the land parcel/asset. Potentially land parcels/assets could be located in different Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies to the registered address of the community groups that own them.

2. For some land parcels/assets there are currently no area figures available. In many cases this relates to the purchase or transfer of an existing building to a community group.

3. Community groups can own multiple land parcels/assets.

4. Scotland totals for area of land may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

Table 5: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land, Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned and Number of Community Groups as at June 2017 by Scottish Parliamentary Region

Scottish Parliamentary Region 1 Area of Land (acres) Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned 2 Number of Community Groups 3
Central Scotland 5.76 4 4
Glasgow 11.41 16 13
Highlands and Islands 548,128.31 297 238
Lothian 9.13 12 11
Mid Scotland and Fife 1,880.16 34 32
North East Scotland 10,752.71 33 27
South Scotland 1,085.61 60 49
West Scotland 356.81 36 29
Scotland 4 562,229.89 492 403

Notes:

1. The Scottish Parliamentary Region relates to the registered address of the community group and not the location of the land parcel/asset. Potentially land parcels/assets could be located in different Scottish Parliamentary Regions to the registered address of the community groups that own them.

2. For some land parcels/assets there are currently no area figures available. In many cases this relates to the purchase or transfer of an existing building to a community group.

3. Community groups can own multiple land parcels/assets.

4. Scotland totals for area of land may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

Table 6: Recorded Area of Community Owned Land, Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned and Number of Community Groups as at June 2017 by UK Parliamentary Constituency

UK Parliamentary Constituency 1 Area of Land (acres) Number of Land Parcels/Assets Owned 2 Number of Community Groups 3
Aberdeen North 0.50 3 3
Aberdeen South - - -
Airdrie and Shotts 3.26 1 1
Angus 3.00 1 1
Argyll and Bute 16,122.64 74 53
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock 2.33 6 5
Banff and Buchan 192.85 9 9
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk 266.27 11 11
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 83,375.84 41 35
Central Ayrshire 60.30 2 2
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill - - -
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East 2.40 2 2
Dumfries and Galloway 46.15 11 11
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 532.90 17 14
Dundee East 1.17 2 2
Dundee West - - -
Dunfermline and West Fife 37.00 1 1
East Dunbartonshire 0.20 1 1
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow - - -
East Lothian 107.80 4 3
East Renfrewshire 0.20 1 1
Edinburgh East 0.50 1 1
Edinburgh North and Leith 1.20 2 2
Edinburgh South - - -
Edinburgh South West - - -
Edinburgh West 1.18 2 2
Falkirk - - -
Glasgow Central 0.70 5 2
Glasgow East - - -
Glasgow North 0.10 1 1
Glasgow North East 5.00 5 5
Glasgow North West - - -
Glasgow South 2.00 1 1
Glasgow South West 0.61 3 3
Glenrothes 10.63 2 2
Gordon 87.45 5 5
Inverclyde 0.76 7 2
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey 2,484.31 15 14
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 127.87 8 3
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath 15.69 3 3
Lanark and Hamilton East 0.10 1 1
Linlithgow and East Falkirk - - -
Livingston 1.85 4 3
Midlothian 6.70 6 5
Moray 4,687.53 29 22
Motherwell and Wishaw - - -
Na h-Eileanan an Iar 385,340.05 41 33
North Ayrshire and Arran 282.52 17 16
North East Fife 82.50 5 4
Ochil and South Perthshire 137.80 5 5
Orkney and Shetland 69.39 37 28
Paisley and Renfrewshire North - - -
Paisley and Renfrewshire South - - -
Perth and North Perthshire 1,116.37 6 6
Ross, Skye and Lochaber 56,052.13 66 58
Rutherglen and Hamilton West 3.00 1 1
Stirling 480.17 12 11
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 10,467.25 11 5
West Dunbartonshire 9.73 4 4
Scotland 4 562,229.89 492 403

Notes:

1. The UK Parliamentary Constituency relates to the registered address of the community group and not the location of the land parcel/asset. Potentially land parcels/assets could be located in different UK Parliamentary Constituencies to the registered address of the community groups that own them.

2. For some land parcels/assets there are currently no area figures available. In many cases this relates to the purchase or transfer of an existing building to a community group. In these cases either the area of the footprint of the building is unknown or is too small to record so has been recorded as zero.

3. Community groups can own multiple land parcels/assets.

4. Scotland totals for area of land may not equal the sum of the constituent parts due to rounding.

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