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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey 2022

Published
10 May 2023
From
Chief Statistician
Directorate
Tackling Child Poverty and Social Justice Directorate, +1 more … Local Government and Housing Directorate
Topic
Building, planning and design
ISBN
9781805258339

The Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS) is a data collection undertaken to establish the extent and state of vacant and derelict land in Scotland.

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9. Derelict and Urban Vacant Land Reclaimed or Brought Back into Use

A total of 374 hectares (262 sites) were reclaimed or brought back into use since the previous survey. A further 172 hectares (56 sites) were removed because they had become naturalised.

Chart 3: Top 5 New Uses of Derelict and Urban Vacant Land Reclaimed or Brought Back into Use, 2022
A bar chart showing the top five new uses of derelict and urban vacant land. Residential is the top new use by far at 164 hectares, followed by Agriculture at 62 hectares, then Storage at 41 hectares. Passive Open Space has 25 hectares and Other General Industrial has 21 hectares.

Almost half (44%) of the land was brought into residential use.

Private sector funding brought back 168 hectares into use. Public sector funding accounted for 36 hectares and mixed public and private funding was used for 71 hectares.

Scottish Government Vacant and Derelict Land Fund (VDLF)

Chart 4: Derelict and Urban Vacant Land reclaimed with contributions from the Scottish Government Vacant and Derelict Land Fund 2022
A line chart showing the area of land for which the Scottish Government’s Vacant and Derelict Land Fund has contributed to reuse since 2005. In recent years the amount each year has been fairly steady and was 14 hectares in 2022, contributing to a total since 2005 of 458 hectares.

The Vacant and Derelict Land Fund has made either a partial or full contribution to the removal of 14 hectares (7 sites).

Across the seven councils in the VDLF for 2005 to 2022, in 2022 an estimated 186,400 properties (both private households and communal establishments) were within 500 metres of land reclaimed with the involvement of the VDLF.

Contact

Email: planstats@gov.scot

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