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Vacant and Derelict Land Audit 2015 Vacant and Derelict Land Audit 2015 August 2016 Vacant and Derelict Land Audit 2015 Distribution by Settlement Burntisland The town with of Fife’s population within 500m of derelict land 16.31 8.26 16% Levenmouth the most vacant Cowdenbeath and derelict land Cupar 17.1% of Fife’s vacant and derelict land has been classified since before the year 2000 65.37 65.52 Glenrothes is Roysth 48.26 hectares of vacant and derelict land has been brought back into use since 2010 Dunfermline 4.86 Inverkeithing Kirkcaldy 23.77 2.35 220 vacant and derelict land sites in Fife in 2015 19.14 Rosyth 10.45 15.53 Thornton 663.69 3.96 hectares of Vacant and Derelict Land removed from the 58,289 population in Hectares of audit in 2015 Fife within 500m of long Vacant and term derelict land Derelict land in Fife in 2015 Distribution by Area Committee 3% 4% 112.4 hectares of urban vacant Dunfermline The Committee 850,000 of and derelict land which has been Cowdenbeath Area with the Glenrothes most vacant and Vacant and Derelict classified as this since the year 2000 46% 22% Kirkcaldy derelict land is Land Funding drawn 2000 2005 2010 2015 Levenmouth South West down from the Scottish 12% 5% North East Government 8% £ South West ? ? 7 vacant and derelict land sites brought back properties Into use in 2015 53,971 247.34 hectares of vacant and within 500m of a derelict derelict land removed from the site audit for definitional reasons Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 What is Vacant and Derelict Land? .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Vacant and Derelict Land Fund ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Vacant and Derelict Land Funding Making a Difference in Fife ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Vacant and Derelict Land Brought Back into Use ............................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Fife’s Vacant and Derelict Land by Area Committee ..................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Fife’s Vacant and Derelict Land by Settlement .............................................................................................................................................................................. 13 New Sites........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Vacant and Derelict Sites ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Contact Details ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Introduction This report presents a summary of the results The reuse of vacant and derelict land is actively from the 2015 Fife Council Vacant and Derelict encouraged through the following policies and Land Survey. The survey is conducted annually guidance: and feeds into the Scottish Government’s x Scottish Planning Policy; Vacant and Derelict Land Survey (SVDLS) which x Scottish Government Land Use Strategy covers all Scottish Local Authorities. Fife gives 2016-21; high priority to tackling vacant and derelict land x Scottish Government Contaminated 663.69 through the formulation of strategies aimed at land Statutory Guidance 2006; Hectares of Vacant and bringing sites back into use. Derelict sites, in x The Fife Council Plan 2017; particular generally require more work to reach Derelict land in Fife in a stage where they can be brought back into x Fife Council’s Contaminated Land 2015 use. Inspection Strategy; x Fife Council’s Local Plans; and A copy of this report and interactive mapping x Fife Councils Proposed Local relating to vacant and derelict sites can be Development Plan found on the Fife Direct website at: ww.firedirect.org.uk/vacantandderelict. 1 What is Vacant and Derelict Land? - Demolition of the buildings is not In general terms vacant land is previously anticipated but the building(s) are a undeveloped land, without physical constraint, minor part of the site in relation to the which the Planning Authority has indicated is vacant land element, and the site currently available for redevelopment. For boundary cannot be easily redrawn to purposes of this survey, a site is categorised as omit the building. Vacant Land if it satisfies all the conditions below: A site can be classed as derelict if it is on previously developed land, which has a physical Vacant Land constraint caused by its previous use which - It must be at least 0.1 hectares in size; hampers its redevelopment or naturalisation. - It must be located within a settlement; - It must have previously been Derelict Sites can be located anywhere in Fife developed; (both within and out with settlements) but - It must not be in use or include a must satisfy all of the conditions below: useable building; - It must be ready for new development; Derelict Land and - It must be at least 0.1 hectares in size; - It must have a new use intended for it - It must have previously been in the Plan (or via Planning Permission). developed; - It must not be ready for new Vacant Land and Buildings development without rehabilitation; - It must be at least 0.1 hectares in size; - It must not be in use; - It must be located within a settlement; - It must not be a Scheduled Ancient - It must have previously been Monument or Cemetery developed; - It must not have useable building(s) on - It must have a new use intended for it it. in the Plan (or via Planning Permission). - It must not be in use. In addition; - If the buildings are scheduled for demolition and the buildings are not currently classified as derelict; or 2 Vacant and Derelict Land Fund The indicators used by the Scottish The Vacant and Derelict Land Fund is allocated Government to determine the authorities to by the Scottish Government and aims to tackle receive funding through the Vacant and long-term vacant and derelict land in Scotland. Derelict Land Fund are: The funding provided is used to stimulate economic growth, job creation, promote x Objective 1 - Indicator 1: Total amount environmental justice and improved quality of urban vacant & derelict land of life. Fife Council in 2015/16 has 850,000 (Excluding individual sites over 100 successfully drawn down £850,000 of Vacant of Vacant and Derelict hectares and vacant sites in small and Derelict Land Funding from the Scottish Land Funding drawn settlements) out of use since the year Government. down from the Scottish 2000 or earlier; Government x Objective 2 – indicator 2: National When decisions on funding allocations share of local authority land in 15% are made by the Scottish Government £ most deprived data zones across all four objectives with equal weighting are domains of SIMD; considered. The four objectives are as follows: x Objective 3 - Indicator 3: the x Objective 1: Tackle Long Term Vacant population within 500 metres of and Derelict Land (VDL); derelict land that has been out of use x Objective 2: Stimulate economic since the year 2000 or earlier; and growth and job creation; x Objective 4 - indicator 4: National x Objective 3: Develop a diverse share of local authority land in 15% sustainable environment with a focus most deprived data zones across all on either permanent or temporary domains of SIMD. greenspace; and x Objective 4: Support Communities to flourish and tackle inequalities. 3 Vacant and Derelict Land Funding Case Studies \, -.:.·=..-- ..,,,,.... ....,__-tiel"'-_ };"'\',t,i,i' Vacant and Derelict Land Fund Indicators Map 1 shows sites that have been derelict Map 2 shows long-term urban vacant and since before the year 2000 with a 500m derelict land that has been identified as vacant buffer around the site boundary. Census or derelict since before the year 2000. The 58,289 Output Areas that intersect the 500m boundary of settlements which have long-term boundary are also shown. To determine the vacant and derelict is also shown. Table 2 gives population in Fife within population that live within 500m of a an overview of long-term urban vacant and 500m of long-term derelict site the population of Census derelict land within Fife. derelict land Output Areas that intersect the 500m buffer of derelict sites has been used. The Table 2 Long-Term Vacant and Derelict Land results are shown in table 1 below: Hectares Percentage Long-Term Urban 112.4 17.1% Table 1 Population within 500m of Derelict Land Vacant and Derelict Population Fife Land 112.4 within
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