SCQF Level 3 is equivalentto a standard grade foundation pass or an Access 3 cluster.

The information istaken from the annual accounts published by Scottish Water and its predecessor organisations.Figures for 2006-07 have yet to be published. The local authorities were responsiblefor the water industry prior to 1996. The information sought from that time is notheld centrally.

The information istaken from the annual accounts published by Scottish Water and its predecessor organisations.Figures for 2006-07 have yet to be published. The local authorities were responsiblefor the water industry prior to 1996. The information sought from that time is notheld centrally.

Vacant Dwellings andSecond Homes by Local Authority Area 1,2, September 1996-2006

Notes:

1. Figures include:

 - Unoccupied dwellingsthat are exempt from council tax.

 - Dwellings subjectto second home or long-term empty property discount (including holiday homes andself-catering accommodation available to let for less than 140 days per year).

- A small number ofdwellings occupied entirely by adults who are ‘disregarded’ for the purpose of payingcouncil tax, such as adults who are severely mentally impaired.

2. The figures recordedmay fluctuate for two main reasons:

 - Self-catering holidayaccommodation available to let for less than 140 days per year will be included.If it is let for more than this, it will be included on the non-domestic rates valuationroll instead.

 - There can be delaysin the information on council tax systems being updated, or councils may amend theinformation held on their systems.

This is most likelyto lead to fluctuations in areas with high turnover, or high levels of vacanciesor second homes.

Comparable figuresare not available prior to 1996.

3. In 2006, GlasgowCity Council Financial Services moved to a new software system for council tax.This has resulted in a lack of consistency between the figures on the number ofdwellings entitled to discounts and exemptions for 2006, and the figures for earlieryears. In order to overcome this problem, the number of discounts and exemptionsin 1996-2005 were adjusted to be equal to the figures for 2006. This is in linewith other available data, which show little change in the number of vacancies inGlasgow in 2001-06.

Source: GROS householdestimates:

A significant proportionof brownfield land comprises land designated as vacant or derelict. Informationregarding vacant and derelict land is collected by the government and publishedannually in the voluntary Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS), andcan be seen as an indicator of the approximate amount of brownfield land in Scotland’scities and new towns.

Information on thenumber of vacant and derelict sites and the amount of vacant and derelict land withinthose settlements requested is set out in the following tables. It is for localauthorities to designate preferred uses for vacant and derelict land.

Number of Vacant andDerelict Sites in Cities and New Towns (2006)1-6

Amount of Vacant andDerelict Land in Cities and New Towns (2006)1-6

Notes:

1. A City/New Townboundary is based on those postcodes identified by General Register of Scotland(GROS) as belonging to that particular settlement within their 2004 small area populationestimates. Those boundaries will not necessarily be the same as those maintainedby Scotland’s Planning Authorities.

2. Figures may notsum due to rounding.

3. Local Authoritiesare asked to identify up to three preferred or intended uses for each site withinthe SVDLS. The tables above split those sites into those which have residentialdevelopment identified as the first preferred use and those which have non-residentialdevelopment identified as the first preferred use.

4. The informationfor Glasgow refers only to those parts of the Glasgow settlement that are within Glasgow City council boundaries.