Scottish vacant and derelict land survey 2016

10 Derelict and Urban Vacant Land: New and Reclaimed Sites

10.1 Table 17 shows the area and number of new distinct sites in 2016 that have been identified as vacant or derelict since the last survey was conducted. There were 112 hectares (56 sites) of newly identified derelict land since the previous survey. Of these 41 hectares (5 sites) were in Falkirk. There were 53 hectares (46 sites) of newly identified urban vacant land since the previous survey. Of these, 9 hectares (7 sites) were in East Ayrshire, 8 hectares (6 sites) in Aberdeen City and 7 hectares (5 sites) were in Aberdeenshire. Note that these figures relate only to completely new sites identified. Sites listed in the previous survey which changed in size or changed from derelict to vacant or vice versa are not included in Table 17. This increase accounts for approximately 165 additional hectares of land.

10.2 Dumfries & Galloway, Highland and West Lothian did not update their survey in 2016 and therefore there is no information on new sites for these local authorities. East Lothian reported separately that no new sites had emerged in 2016.

Table 17: New Sites identified since the previous survey by local authority area, 2016 ^1,2

Local Authority	Derelict Land		Urban Vacant Land		Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	-	-	8	6	8	6
Aberdeenshire	5	5	7	5	12	10
Angus	1	1	-	-	1	1
Argyll & Bute 3	-	-	1	1	1	1
Clackmannanshire	33	4	-	-	33	4
Dumfries & Galloway 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dundee City	-	-	4	7	4	7
East Ayrshire	*	1	9	7	9	8
East Dunbartonshire	5	2	*	1	5	3
East Lothian 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
East Renfrewshire	*	1	-	-	*	1
Edinburgh, City of	-	-	6	2	6	2
Falkirk	41	5	-	-	41	5
Fife	6	5	-	-	6	5
Glasgow City	10	10	-	-	10	10
Highland 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Inverclyde	1	1	1	2	2	3
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs 3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moray	-	-	1	1	1	1
Na h-Eileanan Siar	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-	-
North Lanarkshire	6	15	1	4	7	19
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
Perth & Kinross 3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	-	*	1	*	1
Scottish Borders	2	2	1	1	3	3
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	1	3	*	1	2	4
South Lanarkshire	1	1	7	2	7	3
Stirling 3	-	-	4	2	4	2
West Dunbartonshire 3	-	-	2	3	2	3
West Lothian 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scotland	112	56	53	46	165	102

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. Sites identified since the previous survey but recorded as falling out of use prior to 2015 are not included in the above table. However, where the local authority does not know when a site first became vacant or derelict then it will appear in the above.
3. From 2011 LLTNP took responsibility for surveying vacant and derelict land within the park boundaries. These sites are no longer recorded in Argyll & Bute, Perth & Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire local authority boundaries, and are separately identifiable as LLTNP from 2011 onwards. Prior to 2011, these sites were classified within the relevant local authority boundary.
4. Dumfries & Galloway, Highland and West Lothian did not complete a survey in 2016 and therefore there is no information on new sites. East Lothian reported separately that no new sites had emerged in 2016.

10.3 Tables 18 to 24 relate only to sites (or parts thereof) which were brought back into actual use. Sites removed due to naturalisation or for definitional reasons are not included. 22 sites (142 hectares) of formerly derelict and urban vacant land were removed due to naturalisation and 20 sites (24 hectares) were removed for definitional reasons in the 2016 survey. Further details can be found in Table D in the Annex.

Table 18: Derelict Land reclaimed and Urban Vacant Land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2016 ¹

Local Authority	Derelict Land			Urban Vacant Land			Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
	Area (ha)	% of Derelict Land (by Area)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Urban Vacant Land (by Area)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Total Land (by Area)	No. of Sites
Aberdeen City	5	3	2	3	2	3	8	3	5
Aberdeenshire	1	*	1	3	2	4	4	1	5
Angus	3	2	2	10	7	4	13	4	6
Argyll & Bute 2	-	-	-	2	1	2	2	1	2
Clackmannanshire	3	2	3	1	*	2	4	1	5
Dumfries & Galloway 3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dundee City	-	-	-	17	11	26	17	5	26
East Ayrshire	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	*	2
East Dunbartonshire	4	2	1	-	-	-	4	1	1
East Lothian 3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
East Renfrewshire	*	*	1	-	-	-	*	*	1
Edinburgh, City of	1	*	4	16	11	12	17	5	16
Falkirk	2	1	1	7	5	5	8	3	6
Fife	8	5	7	6	4	6	14	4	13
Glasgow City	11	6	15	33	23	32	44	14	47
Highland 3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Inverclyde	*	*	1	6	4	7	7	2	8
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	7	4	6	2	1	1	8	3	7
Moray	*	*	2	*	*	1	*	*	3
Na h-Eileanan Siar	*	*	1	*	*	2	1	*	3
North Ayrshire	3	2	6	7	5	6	11	3	12
North Lanarkshire	39	22	42	3	2	8	42	13	50
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Perth & Kinross 2	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	4
Renfrewshire	40	23	3	12	8	9	52	16	12
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	*	1
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	2	1	3	2	1	2	4	1	5
South Lanarkshire	32	19	12	9	6	15	41	13	27
Stirling 2	-	-	-	1	1	3	1	*	3
West Dunbartonshire 2	10	6	7	3	2	3	13	4	10
West Lothian 3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scotland	174	100	125	147	100	155	321	100	280

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. From 2011 LLTNP took responsibility for surveying vacant and derelict land within the park boundaries. These sites are no longer recorded in Argyll & Bute, Perth & Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire local authority boundaries, and are separately identifiable as LLTNP from 2011. Prior to 2011, these sites were classified within the relevant local authority boundary.
3. Dumfries & Galloway, East Lothian, Highland and West Lothian did not update their survey in 2016 and therefore there is no information for reclaimed or reused sites.

10.4 Table 18 shows that a total of 321 hectares (280 sites) were reclaimed or brought back into use since the previous survey, excluding those sites removed for definitional reasons or due to naturalisation. 174 hectares of land reclaimed back into use was previously derelict, of which 23% was in Renfrewshire (40 hectares). Of the 147 hectares of urban vacant land brought back into use 23% was in Glasgow City (33 hectares). The largest derelict or urban vacant site brought back into use in 2016 was part of the former royal ordnance site (37 hectares) at Bishopton in Renfrewshire, now with a residential new use.

10.5 The new use of sites, or part of sites, that were reclaimed or brought back into use (excluding sites removed for definitional reasons or due to naturalisation) are shown in Table 19. The most common new use for derelict land was for residential development, with 66% (115 hectares) of the land reclaimed for this purpose. The second most common new use was for recreation & leisure, accounting for 12% (21 hectares). For urban vacant land the most common new use was also residential development, with 57% (83 hectares) of the land reclaimed for this purpose, followed by other general industry with 12% (18 hectares) reclaimed.

Table 19: Reclaimed Derelict Land and Urban Vacant Land brought back into use since the previous survey, by new use, 2016 ¹

New Use	Derelict Land			Urban Vacant Land			Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
	Area (ha)	% of Derelict Land (by Area)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Urban Vacant Land (by Area)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	% of Total Land (by Area)	No. of Sites
Agriculture	1	*	2	-	-	-	1	*	2
Business Class	*	*	1	3	2	3	3	1	4
Community & Health	*	*	2	5	4	3	6	2	5
Defence	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Education	5	3	2	10	7	6	15	5	8
Green/Environmental	9	5	5	2	1	2	10	3	7
Manufacturing	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	*	2
Mineral Activity	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Offices	1	*	2	2	1	1	3	1	3
Other General Industry 2	9	5	10	18	12	18	26	8	28
Passive Open Space	1	*	1	5	3	6	5	2	7
Recreation & Leisure 3	21	12	4	*	*	1	21	7	5
Residential	115	66	68	83	57	82	199	62	150
Retailing	1	*	3	7	5	9	8	3	12
Storage	9	5	13	2	1	7	11	3	20
Transport	2	1	6	2	1	4	4	1	10
Utility Services	-	-	-	3	2	3	3	1	3
Wholesale Distribution	-	-	-	2	1	3	2	1	3
Woodland (Community-Based)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Woodland (Non-Community-Based)	-	-	-	*	*	1	*	*	1
Vacant Pending New Use	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other	1	1	6	1	*	3	2	*	9
Unknown 4	-	-	-	*	-	1	*	-	1
Total	174	100	125	147	100	155	321	100	280

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. Excluding Manufacturing.
3. Excluding Passive Open Space.
4. Unknown values are excluded from the calculation of percentages.

10.6 Table 20 shows the sources of funding used for bringing derelict and urban vacant land back into use since the previous survey. The most common source of funding was the private sector (65%). Public sector funding accounted for 20% of reclaimed land, and the source of funding was unknown for 6% of reclaimed land. South Lanarkshire had the greatest area brought back into use by public funding (22 hectares), whereas Renfrewshire reclaiming the most land with private funding (48 hectares).

10.7 For land receiving public/mixed funding the largest area of new use was for residential development (40%), followed by recreation & leisure (23%). For privately funded land the largest area of new use was also for residential development (72%), followed by other general industrial (11%).

Table 20: Sources of funding used for Derelict Land reclaimed and Urban Vacant Land brought back into use since the previous survey, by local authority area, 2016 ¹

Local Authority	Public sector funding (ha)	Private sector funding (ha)	Mixed funding 2 (ha)	Unknown (ha)	None / not applicable (ha)	Total (ha)
Aberdeen City	2	6	-	-	-	8
Aberdeenshire	-	3	-	1	-	4
Angus	-	13	-	-	-	13
Argyll & Bute 3	-	1	-	1	-	2
Clackmannanshire	-	1	3	-	-	4
Dumfries & Galloway 4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Dundee City	10	7	-	-	-	17
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	-	-	1
East Dunbartonshire	-	4	-	-	-	4
East Lothian	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
East Renfrewshire	-	*	-	-	-	*
Edinburgh, City of	2	14	1	-	-	17
Falkirk	2	7	-	-	-	8
Fife	1	-	-	13	-	14
Glasgow City	4	23	16	*	1	44
Highland	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Inverclyde	1	4	2	-	-	7
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs 3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	2	6	*	-	-	8
Moray	-	-	-	*	*	*
Na h-Eileanan Siar	-	1	-	-	-	1
North Ayrshire	5	6	-	*	-	11
North Lanarkshire	5	37	*	-	-	42
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
Perth & Kinross 3	-	1	-	1	1	3
Renfrewshire	-	48	4	-	-	52
Scottish Borders	1	-	-	-	-	1
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	*	4	-	-	-	4
South Lanarkshire	22	18	-	1	1	41
Stirling 3	1	1	-	-	-	1
West Dunbartonshire 3	7	5	1	-	-	13
West Lothian	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Scotland	63	210	27	18	3	321

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. Mixed public and private sector funding or partnership.
3. From 2011 LLTNP took responsibility for surveying vacant and derelict land within the park boundaries. These sites are no longer recorded in Argyll & Bute, Perth & Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire local authority boundaries, and are separately identifiable as LLTNP from 2011. Prior to 2011, these sites were classified within the relevant local authority boundary.
4. Dumfries & Galloway, East Lothian, Highland and West Lothian did not complete a survey in 2016 and therefore there is no information for sources of funding.

10.8 Table 21 and Chart 7 show the total amount of derelict land reclaimed and urban vacant land reused in each of the past 7 survey years. The amount of derelict land reclaimed has varied over the period 2010 to 2016, with the lowest amount reclaimed in 2012 (134 hectares). On average, 200 hectares of derelict land per year was reclaimed between 2010 and 2016. In 2016 there were 174 hectares of derelict land reclaimed on 125 sites. On average, 146 hectares of urban vacant land was reused per year between 2010 and 2016. The lowest amount of urban vacant land reused was in 2014 (122 hectares). In 2016 there were 147 hectares of urban vacant land reclaimed on 155 sites.

Table 21: Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land reclaimed, 2010-2016 ^1,2,3

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Derelict Land (ha)	256	186	134	239	207	205	174
Total Sites	118	113	92	133	123	119	125
Urban Vacant Land (ha)	133	151	153	164	122	150	147
Total Sites	158	150	141	188	140	194	155
Total Area Reclaimed (Derelict & Urban Vacant)	389	338	288	404	329	356	321
Total Sites	276	263	233	321	263	313	280

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. See Annex Table E for details of council participation in different years.
3. During 2016, historical data on the reuse of land from the years 2010-2015 were revised to correct any revisions to the data highlighted in the 2016 survey returns. Further information on this process is available in Annex A.4.

Chart 7: Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land Reclaimed, 2010-2016

10.9 Table 22 shows the amount of formerly derelict and urban vacant land that has been reclaimed or reused with the involvement of the Scottish Government's Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ( VDLF). The 3 councils in receipt of this fund since the 2005/06 financial year were Dundee City, Glasgow City and North Lanarkshire. South Lanarkshire joined the scheme in 2006/07 and then Highland joined in 2008/09. In 2015/16 Fife replaced Dundee. To date, a total of 367 hectares of formerly derelict and urban vacant land has been removed from the survey with the VDLF making either a partial or full contribution. Glasgow City has reused 132 hectares and Dundee City has reused 99 hectares (across 72 and 76 sites respectively) of formerly derelict and urban vacant land using the fund. Any involvement the VDLF has had with existing sites in the 2016 survey ( i.e. those not yet removed from the survey) is not recorded in Table 22, but will appear when the sites are bought back into use in the future.

Table 22: Sites where the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ( VDLF) was a funding source used to reclaim Derelict Land and bring Urban Vacant Land back into use, 2005-2016 ^1,2,3

Local Authorities receiving Vacant and Derelict Land Funds	Derelict Land		Urban Vacant Land		Total Derelict and Urban Vacant Land
	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites	Area (ha)	No. of Sites
Dundee City	33	8	66	68	99	76
Fife	-	-	1	1	1	1
Glasgow City	60	48	73	24	132	72
Highland	7	15	19	17	26	32
North Lanarkshire	62	26	4	8	65	34
South Lanarkshire	40	8	4	11	44	19
TOTAL	201	105	166	129	367	234

1. Figures may not sum due to rounding.
2. The Scottish Government Vacant and Derelict Land Fund contributed either partially or fully to the reclamation or reuse of the 234 sites shown in the above table. This includes money used to prepare the land for development, e.g. decontamination.
3. Any involvement the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund has had with existing sites in the 2016 Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (those not yet removed from the survey) is not recorded in the above table.

10.10 Table 23 shows an estimate of the number of properties (both private households and communal establishments ^[2] ) that are situated within 500 metres of a site reclaimed using the VDLF (either solely or in combination with other funds). Across the 5 councils in the Fund for 2005-2016, an estimated 153,100 properties were within 500 metres of land reclaimed with the involvement of the VDLF. Of those properties, 55% (83,700) were within 500 metres of 1 site reclaimed with the involvement of the VDLF. 22% (33,000) were within 500 metres of 2 reclaimed sites, and the remaining 24% (36,400) were within 500 metres of at least 3 reclaimed sites. To date, the largest number of properties in close proximity to land reclaimed using the fund is located within Glasgow City (58,300 properties). Dundee City has 37,900 properties within 500 metres of land reclaimed using the fund, North Lanarkshire has 21,300, South Lanarkshire has 18,500 and Highland has 16,400. In Fife there are 700 properties in close proximity to the one site reclaimed using the fund so far.

Table 23: Estimate of the number of properties within 500 metres of at least 1 site reclaimed using the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ( VDLF), 2005-2016 ^1,2,3

Local Authority	Properties within 500m of land reclaimed using VDLF
	1 Site Only	2 Sites Only	3 Sites +	Total
Dundee City 4	9,800	9,600	18,400	37,900
Fife	700	-	-	700
Glasgow City 5	30,900	15,400	12,000	58,300
Highland	14,300	2,000	100	16,400
North Lanarkshire	15,200	3,200	2,900	21,300
South Lanarkshire 6	12,800	2,800	3,000	18,500
Total	83,700	33,000	36,400	153,100

1. Properties based on National Records of Scotland Address Register data 2016. See Annex Note A.8 for further information.
2. Any involvement the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund has had with existing sites in the 2016 Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (those not yet removed from the survey) is not recorded in the table above.
3. Properties that are estimated to have been built on the reclaimed site have been removed from this analysis.
4. A further estimated 60 properties within Angus and Perth & Kinross are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within Dundee City boundaries.
5. An estimated 800 properties within South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within Glasgow City boundaries.
6. An estimated 2,100 properties within Glasgow City are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within South Lanarkshire boundaries.

10.11 Table 24 shows an estimate of the number of properties (both private households and communal establishments) that are situated within 500 metres of a site reclaimed using the VDLF (either solely or in combination with other funds), split by deprivation level. Overall, 51% of the 153,100 properties within 500 metres of land reclaimed using the VDLF were situated within Scotland's 15% most deprived datazones (78,200 properties). The remaining 49% (74,900 properties) were located outwith the 15% most deprived datazones. At council level, in Glasgow City 38,900 or 67% of the properties in close proximity to reclaimed land were in the 15% most deprived datazones, compared to 47% (17,800 properties) for Dundee, 46% (8,500 properties) for South Lanarkshire, 42% (9,000 properties) for North Lanarkshire, 30% (200 properties) for Fife and 23% (3,800 properties) for Highland.

Table 24: Estimate of the number of properties within 500 metres of at least 1 site reclaimed using the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ( VDLF), split by deprivation, 2005-2016 ^1,2,3

Local Authority	Properties within 500m of land reclaimed using VDLF -
	Within 15% Most Deprived Datazones 5	Outwith 15% most Deprived Datazones 5	Total	Percent of Properties near remediated land within 15% most deprived datazones
Dundee City 4	17,800	20,100	37,900	47
Fife	200	500	700	30
Glasgow City 5	38,900	19,400	58,300	67
Highland	3,800	12,600	16,400	23
North Lanarkshire	9,000	12,300	21,300	42
South Lanarkshire 6	8,500	10,000	18,500	46
Total	78,200	74,900	153,100	51

1. Properties based on National Records of Scotland Address Register data 2016. See Annex Note A.8 for further information.
2. Any involvement the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund has had with existing sites in the 2016 Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (those not yet removed from the survey) is not recorded in the table above.
3. Properties that are estimated to have been built on the reclaimed site have been removed from this analysis.
4. A further estimated 60 properties within Angus and Perth & Kinross are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within Dundee City boundaries.
5. An estimated 800 properties within South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within Glasgow City boundaries.
6. An estimated 2,100 properties within Glasgow City are located within 500 metres of a reclaimed derelict site within South Lanarkshire boundaries.