RE-USE OF VACANT AND DERELICT LAND

Table 16 - Proportion of previously developed land that is derelict or vacant¹

		GO Region									ENG
		NE	NW	Y&H;	EM	WM	E	L	SE	SW
Approximate total area of developed land (hectares)2	1991	60,400	158,400	123,300	146,900	130,400	108,000	129,500	210,800	119,100	1,186,800
Previously developed vacant land	1998	2.2	1.8	2.8	1.0	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.8	1.2	1.3
(per cent)	2001	3.3	1.5	2.0	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.4	0.8	1.3	1.2
	2002	3.2	0.7	1.7	1.0	1.7	0.9	0.3	1.1	1.3	1.3
Derelict land and buildings	1998	2.8	2.1	3.4	2.0	1.2	1.7	0.4	0.6	1.9	1.6
(per cent)	2001	3.1	3.6	3.0	1.9	1.3	1.8	0.5	0.6	1.6	1.8
	2002	2.7	3.5	2.7	2.1	1.3	1.2	0.3	0.7	1.3	1.7
All land that is unused or may be	1998	6.8	5.2	7.9	4.8	3.9	4.7	2.2	4.6	5.1	4.9
available for redevelopment	2001	8.2	6.8	7.3	5.7	4.5	5.3	3.5	4.7	5.5	5.5
(per cent)	2002	7.9	7.4	6.5	5.1	5.0	5.5	2.7	5.1	5.4	5.5

1: Percentages are based on responses from varying numbers of local authorities: 95% 1998; 63% in 2001 and 87% in 2002. This means that figures for different years may not be comparable.
2: See Definitions for description.
Source: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and National Land Use Database