Parliament Workbench
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Written Question · S2W-22497 · Session 2

How much land has been reclaimed or cleaned in each local authority area since 1999.

Answered Asked by Linda Fabiani SNP Lodged 19 Jan 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how much land has been reclaimed or cleaned in each local authority area since 1999.

The answer

Answered by Johann Lamont on 2 Feb 2006 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

Estimates of derelict land reclaimed as reported by local authorities in the voluntary Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS) are set out in the following table. Information is not held on the amount of land that has been cleaned.
Area of Derelict Land Reclaimed Since the Previous Survey (Hectares), by Local Authority, 1999-20051-5
Local Authority
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003
| 2004
| 2005

Aberdeen City
| 10
| 2
| 0
|
-
| 10
|
*
| 5

Aberdeenshire
|
*
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
-
| 68

Angus
| 24
| 1
| 3
| 6
| 34
| 0
| 2

Argyll and Bute
|
-
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
-
|
-
| 3

Clackmannanshire
| 0
| 6
| 1
|
*
| 8
| 7
| 0

Dumfries and Galloway
| 0
|
*
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 89

Dundee City
| 16
|
-
| 6
|
*
| 5
| 1
| 7

East Ayrshire
| 54
| 38
| 73
| 71
| 9
| 8
| 1

East Dunbartonshire
| 8
| 0
|
*
| 0
|
*
|
*
| 0

East Lothian
| 139
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 3

East Renfrewshire
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
*
|
*

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-22497 by reference.