Whether it will provide a breakdown, by local authority area, of the area of green space currently being created and/or restored through pr…

a)We do not request that each applicant provides a breakdown of green space created and/or restored by the Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme. However, 20 projects have received funding from the low carbon Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme to date and the projects listed in the following table include green space creation as their primary focus.
Project
Local Authority
Project Site Area
Dalmarnock Riverside Park
Clyde Gateway
3.50 ha
Levern Water Revival
East Renfrewshire Council
1.00 ha
Lionthorn bing greenspace
Falkirk Council
3.60 ha
Belle Gro'@ The Meat Market
Glasgow City Council
0.30 ha
Transforming Avenue End Road Greenspace
Glasgow City Council
3.60 ha
Hamiltonhill Green Infrastructure Project
Glasgow City Council
0.90 ha
Ruchazie Greening and Growing project
Glasgow City Council
3.70 ha
Carwood Street Food Growing Project
Inverclyde Council
0.22 ha
Glenmanor Greenspace
North Lanarkshire Council
0.49 ha
Clyde Cycle Park
South Lanarkshire Council
8.25 ha
ONECarluke Community Growing
South Lanarkshire Council
0.60 ha
Community Food Growing – Former Bonhill PS
West Dunbartonshire Council
0.47 ha
Further to this the projects listed in the following table include green space creation as a part of their delivery.
Project
Local Authority
Project Site Area
Western Villages Granton
City of Edinburgh Council
4.50 ha
Greendykes North Affordable Housing
City of Edinburgh Council
2.10 ha
Applications are currently open for Round 3 of the fund (for 2023-24 funding) and we anticipate announcing the next round of successful projects by the end of 2022.
b) We do not hold the information requested. Local Authorities were allocated £5 million from the 2021-22 Nature Restoration Fund. They have been asked to submit returns by the end of May 2022 setting out how the money has been used. Analysis of these returns has not yet started.