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Vacant and derelict land in Glasgow
The Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey register lists 581 vacant and derelict sites of 0.1 hectares or more in Glasgow City, covering 766.62 hectares, at the survey base date of 31 March 2025.
What the land was used for before
Housing is the most common previous use: 154 of the 581 sites were residential housing, followed by education (67) and manufacturing (50).
| Previous use | Sites |
|---|---|
| Residential - Housing | 154 |
| Education | 67 |
| Unknown | 57 |
| Manufacturing | 50 |
| Transport | 40 |
| Other General Industry | 39 |
| Community & Health | 37 |
| Recreation & Leisure | 37 |
| Agriculture | 17 |
| Retailing | 16 |
| Storage | 10 |
| Residential - Hotels etc | 10 |
| Offices | 10 |
| Business Class | 9 |
| Utility Services | 7 |
The 15 most common previous uses are shown; the register's remaining categories are not listed.
Can it be developed?
139 sites are rated developable in the short term and 181 in the medium term.
| Potential | Sites |
|---|---|
| Developable - Medium Term | 181 |
| Developable - Undetermined | 152 |
| Developable - Short Term | 139 |
| Unknown | 67 |
| Uneconomic / soft end use | 42 |
Ratings as recorded on the register. Unknown means uncertain or insufficient information.
Who holds the land (first owner category)
246 sites list a local authority as first owner category and 203 list other private owners.
| Owner category | Sites |
|---|---|
| Local Authority | 246 |
| Other Private | 203 |
| Housing Association | 74 |
| Scottish Enterprise | 14 |
| Urban Regeneration Company | 13 |
| Network Rail/ Rail Franchise Holder | 6 |
| British Waterways | 5 |
| Health Boards | 5 |
| Other non-Crown | 4 |
| Private Gas | 2 |
| Ownership unknown | 2 |
| Private Steel | 2 |
| Scottish Government | 1 |
| Private Telecommunications | 1 |
| Unknown Private | 1 |
These are the register's owner categories, not named owners.
Site type and location
| Site type | Sites |
|---|---|
| Vacant Land | 350 |
| Derelict | 225 |
| Vacant Land and Buildings | 6 |
| Location | Sites |
|---|---|
| Settlement of 2,000 or more | 578 |
| Settlement under 2,000 | 2 |
| Countryside | 1 |
What this register covers, and what it does not
It lists sites of 0.1 ha or more only. It is a snapshot at the 31 March 2025 survey base date, not a trend. Urban vacant land is surveyed only within settlements, and not every council surveys settlements under 2,000 people. A council that made no return repeats its previous submission. Owner categories are categories, not names. Site-level details belong to the planning authorities and are not published here.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Scottish Vacant and Derelict Land Survey site register, Scottish Government (gov.scot), from data supplied by Scotland's planning authorities.